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Missing Titanic Submarine

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tickingbird Tue 20-Jun-23 08:56:48

Thinking about this could almost cause me to hyperventilate! I would never embark on such a dangerous voyage. I know it’s only supposed to be of short duration (not sure how long) but so risky. I feel the same when I hear of Richard Branson’s plans to offer commercial space flights at some astronomical price.

Would anyone on here take part if money was no object?

I hope this sub and the people on board (one just a teenager) are found safe and well but the signs don’t look good.

Oreo Thu 22-Jun-23 17:27:57

Marydoll

My DH has informed me that debris has been found. 😪

Just saw this on tv, if true then a quick death at least.

Grammaretto Thu 22-Jun-23 17:36:45

I also hope the debris means that barring a miracle, there was a catastrophe early on.

Marydoll Thu 22-Jun-23 17:37:11

Thats what I thought. A very sad conclusion.

B9exchange Thu 22-Jun-23 17:56:17

Seems it happened very soon after contact was lost, and was immediate, they would not have known anything about it, which is far better than slowly suffocating to death I suppose

25Avalon Thu 22-Jun-23 17:57:09

Announcement at 8pm our time tonight.

rafichagran Thu 22-Jun-23 18:11:40

Very sad, I was hoping that they would be found, their poor families.
I hope if they did perish the end was quick.

Blondiescot Thu 22-Jun-23 18:23:11

B9exchange

Seems it happened very soon after contact was lost, and was immediate, they would not have known anything about it, which is far better than slowly suffocating to death I suppose

It seems to be looking that way. A quick death is infinitely preferable to them slowly suffocating. Imagine that 19-year-old having to watch his father die - or his father watching him die.

GrannyGravy13 Thu 22-Jun-23 18:32:35

I was praying for a rescue, now I will pray for their souls RIP

M0nica Thu 22-Jun-23 18:54:15

Like others, my first reaction when i heard the news and that pieces of the vessel they were in had been found, was a feeling of relief that what happened to those on board was quick and sudden.

mabon1 Thu 22-Jun-23 19:15:36

not at all

Mollygo Thu 22-Jun-23 19:21:11

I also hope it was quick. What a nightmare for their families. RIP

Saetana Thu 22-Jun-23 19:57:56

Yes, sadly it appears that debris has been found from the craft - there is a press conference shortly. I was listening to an expert on the news who said its highly likely that the submersible imploded just before it lost comms - I truly hope so, an instant and painless death rather than slowly dying over days whilst running out of oxygen. My thoughts are with their families - RIP.

DiamondLily Thu 22-Jun-23 20:21:01

Seems like they died instantly.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12223805/Debris-field-discovered-search-area-near-Titanic.html

Smileless2012 Thu 22-Jun-23 20:24:26

A terrible tragedy and maybe with time there'll be some comfort for family and friends knowing that they didn't suffer.

NanaDana Thu 22-Jun-23 20:29:03

A small mercy, compared to a slow, lingering death over many days, possibly in complete darkness. Condolences to their family and friends, who have been through a dreadful ordeal. May their souls rest in peace.

Patsy70 Thu 22-Jun-23 20:37:23

So terribly sad.

tickingbird Thu 22-Jun-23 20:41:08

May they RIP. Terribly sad.

rafichagran Thu 22-Jun-23 20:44:14

RIP, so very sad.

Dickens Thu 22-Jun-23 21:15:25

I think many experts in the field suspected all along that there had been a catastrophic failure and that the vessel had imploded.

From what my OH tells me, it would all have been over in milliseconds - not even time for any thoughts to have registered in the brain, so they would've been totally unaware.

Some comfort, at least, for the families who must have been struggling with thoughts of them suffering a lingering death.

Blinko Thu 22-Jun-23 21:19:13

Thank the Lord it seems it would have been instant. The thought that they were suffering a slow death by suffocation was unbearable, all the more so for their families. RIP.

Norah Thu 22-Jun-23 21:21:00

Dickens

I think many experts in the field suspected all along that there had been a catastrophic failure and that the vessel had imploded.

From what my OH tells me, it would all have been over in milliseconds - not even time for any thoughts to have registered in the brain, so they would've been totally unaware.

Some comfort, at least, for the families who must have been struggling with thoughts of them suffering a lingering death.

I think you're likely correct, Dickens. A pilot on one of the US space shuttles explained the most dangerous bit is launch, arriving into orbit - this seems much the same I suppose.

Sad news. RIP souls.

Marydoll Thu 22-Jun-23 22:50:10

I have just listened to an interview, where the person being interviewed on his views about this awful tragedy, commented that we have become a nation of voyeurs.
I tend to agree.

henetha Thu 22-Jun-23 23:30:52

Not sure what you mean by that. We are just concerned about this which has been all over the news, and now just thankful that it appears their death must have been more merciful than at first thought. RIP.

Dickens Fri 23-Jun-23 00:08:27

Marydoll

I have just listened to an interview, where the person being interviewed on his views about this awful tragedy, commented that we have become a nation of voyeurs.
I tend to agree.

I don't believe we're anymore voyeuristic. If you look back to some of the newspaper reports of Victorian times, they were similar. Now we have rolling news coverage.

Human nature is such that I think people need to make sense of tragedies, to understand the causes, as a way of rationalising the unpredictable world we live in.

Marydoll Fri 23-Jun-23 00:49:34

I just find it all very intrusive and it makes me uneasy, it doesn't mean my view is correct. It's just how I feel.
Now we pick over every aspect of a person's life, want to know every intimate detail and technology makes that possible. You can't compare it with Victorian times.
I feel the families should be allowed to grieve privately.