Missing Titanic Submarine

I'm amazed. they had no means of communication set up before they embarked on this suicidal mission. Hope they are rescued.

So agree Diane this was not an explorer finding a new country, a new animal or fish, a new planet or exploring some out of reach area. It wasn’t an inventor finding a new type of seaweed to feed the world on it wasn’t even someone trying to work out a puzzle of why?
It was someone who wanted to visit a grave just because they could and had probably done everything else they could pay for
I hope they are returned to the world as it will be a most awful death, just unthinkable, but they have really looked silliness in the eye and done it anyway
I feel sorry for their families and the 19 year old who was probably gee’d on by his father
Awful situations that shouldn’t ever have happened
Leave the Titanic alone

Amazing the amount of money some people have to throw away for a one off trip!
Of course I hope they make home, a horrible death for them if they're not rescued. But to be honest we have to remember the hundreds who lost their lives so many years ago. The Titanic is their grave, let's show some respect and let them rest in peace.

Rosie51

Rich or not they are human beings with friends and families who love them and all are going through a living hell. I desperately hope they can be rescued, I fear they won't be. Compassion costs nothing.

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There was a journalist on tv speaking today, he’d previously gone down in one of these submersibles and tho they hadn’t gone far there was some kind of fault, so they surfaced.He said there were around 6 or 7 safety features and described them, which kicked in one by one in case of engine or electrics or mechanical failures.Still a risk of course but untrue to say there were no safety measures.
Hoping they will be found before their air runs out, too awful to think about.

I am not really a religious person but I was sending positive thoughts for them last night. A miracle needs to happen!

25Avalon

One guy pulled out after paying his deposit of £8,000 because he wasn’t happy with the safety aspects as the submersible was built. Sensible man - in the end. Thrill seekers take big risks but there were no safety plans in the event of the emergency. I am not going to criticise those on the Titan. Their suffering is unimaginable. I am just going to pray that a miracle happens and they are rescued in time. Please join me in prayer.

Avalon25, 🙏🙏🙏, I'm still hoping and praying for a successful outcome, in spite of time running out soon.

I just cannot imagine what they are going through or understand why they would want to do it in the first place. I would just panic as soon as we started to go down and would not cope at all

Rich or not they are human beings with friends and families who love them and all are going through a living hell. I desperately hope they can be rescued, I fear they won't be. Compassion costs nothing.

Not for all the money in the world.

One guy pulled out after paying his deposit of £8,000 because he wasn’t happy with the safety aspects as the submersible was built. Sensible man - in the end. Thrill seekers take big risks but there were no safety plans in the event of the emergency. I am not going to criticise those on the Titan. Their suffering is unimaginable. I am just going to pray that a miracle happens and they are rescued in time. Please join me in prayer.

Thank you "Maggiemaybe". That is shocking!

Magsymoo The terrible disaster in the mediterreanean dominated the news just as much as this event at the time it happened. When this terrifying event ends, no matter, which way, you will find that it will slip from the headlines, just as quickly as the previous one, especially if another disaster happens to replace it.

This event has already become the second, and sometimes third lead on the news media. Out batted by the inflation figures and potential mortgage interest rise.

Maggymaybe has corrected you on other issues.

Dinahmo

"Saetana" I tried to find information about Magellan but all I could find (apart from historic) was the cruise ship Magellan, which has been scrapped and the Magellan Explorer. The latter was built for Antarctica sea cruises. Where can I find more information please?

I find it incredible that the submersible did not have a mother ship to which it was attached by a cable. I guess it was the cost.

Some information here, Dinahmo.

www.insider.com/titanic-submersible-us-blocked-use-british-magellan-rescue-vessel-report-2023-6?amp

Two of the five aren’t white, Magsymoo.

I hope these people are rescued but I do question the amount of publicity given to this case of 5 missing people compared with that given to the boat that sunk off the coast of Greece last week with hundreds of people on board.
Is it because they are wealthy, white, men, so called adventurers, rather than poor foreign would -be immigrants?

"Saetana" I tried to find information about Magellan but all I could find (apart from historic) was the cruise ship Magellan, which has been scrapped and the Magellan Explorer. The latter was built for Antarctica sea cruises. Where can I find more information please?

I find it incredible that the submersible did not have a mother ship to which it was attached by a cable. I guess it was the cost.

I don't think anyone has confirmed that the noises which have been detected are in fact an SOS signal. The latest reports I've read don't say anything like that.Even if that were the case, it seems highly unlikely that they could locate the vessel and raise it before those inside run out of air.

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songstress60

Selfish billionaires who are putting their rescuers lives in danger, and exploitative. People died on that vessel. I have NO sympathy with them, and if they are found alive they should reward the rescuers.

'Rescue' is a job - whether it be in this current situation or any other environment. Rescuers expect to be called out - to rescue.

This is no different in principle to the 'selfish' middle-class who go on skiing holidays and end up in a situation where they need to be rescued... nor mountain climbers, sky divers, para gliders - you name it.

People, rich and not-so-rich, will always take risks, and the rescue services will always be on hand to rescue them - because it is a job they want and choose to do.

Agreed.

We've normal low income, we ski and have only recently stopped trips for extreme/wilderness skiing. We've never needed rescue assistance and are equally grateful rescue assistance exists.

I pray they are found in time and any rescuers are also safe.

Germanshepherdsmum

There’s no point in being able to open it from the inside when you’re so far beneath the surface. In fact I’d guess it’s safer not to be able to - someone panicking would be able to kill the rest, like opening a plane door.

Correct - if they are on or near the bottom then the pressure would kill them all immediately. In any event, the craft is bolted from the outside so I do not think they could open it from the inside, even if they happen to be on or near the surface - which would be the best case scenario for a rescue.

Small bit of good news on this - an SOS signal has been detected, tapped out every 30 minutes. I really hope this will allow them to find the submersible before the air runs out. Two of those on board are experienced explorers and hopefully they are managing to keep everyone calm so the air lasts as long as possible. What I do not understand is why Magellan have not been allowed to get involved - they have a remote craft that can go far deeper than the Titanic wreck, which also happens to have a winch.

songstress60

Selfish billionaires who are putting their rescuers lives in danger, and exploitative. People died on that vessel. I have NO sympathy with them, and if they are found alive they should reward the rescuers.

'Rescue' is a job - whether it be in this current situation or any other environment. Rescuers expect to be called out - to rescue.

This is no different in principle to the 'selfish' middle-class who go on skiing holidays and end up in a situation where they need to be rescued... nor mountain climbers, sky divers, para gliders - you name it.

People, rich and not-so-rich, will always take risks, and the rescue services will always be on hand to rescue them - because it is a job they want and choose to do.

I saw footage on the news of one of the people onboard using a control system that just looked like the sort of thing you use to play on a computer game with. It looked so amateurish. I keep trying not to think of it, but when I do I start to panic. Surely there was a danger that the submersible could have got trapped in the wreckage even if everything had gone smoothly?

Selfish billionaires who are putting their rescuers lives in danger, and exploitative. People died on that vessel. I have NO sympathy with them, and if they are found alive they should reward the rescuers.

I think it is morally wrong to be disturbing the Titanic resting place.
No I would not go in any submarine.

I think this is an element of the risk-taking that seems common in people who make immense fortunes; always seeking a dangerous challenge.

All I hear is that they have only 40 hours of oxygen left; that was last night and they are still quoting the same amount this morning. Doesn't bear thinking about.