This tiny submarine 2.4 miles under the sea, visiting the relics of RMS Titanic. Can it be found and the crew saved before the air runs out?

[Drago]

They are bolted in and sealed from the outside, so even if they surface, the oxygen they have still matters.

Absolutely. Our man in Reading thought this was such an important point he felt it worth repeating.

Though they still need to be found before their air runs out, as the submersible can only be opened from the outside.

 

[PaulSB]

The BBC could do some maths though. Twice they repeat that the sub has 96 hours of life support. They also state it’s an 8 day trip. Well there’s a problem, the life support will only last half the trip.

Be fair, that's far from an accurate summary of the Beeb reporting. The BBC are reporting an eight day trip to the Titanic wreck and an eight hour dive to the wreck. The next paragraph states the vessel has life-support for five people for 96 hours.

BBC Titanic report 10 hours earlier

 

[Drago]

It was a 2 hour dive last night. Inflation, eh?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Be fair, that's far from an accurate summary of the Beeb reporting. The BBC are reporting an eight day trip to the Titanic wreck and an eight hour dive to the wreck. The next paragraph states the vessel has life-support for five people for 96 hours.

BBC Titanic report 10 hours earlier

Your link is dead, and my summary is accurate for the version at the time I read it. There’s a much improved version there now.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

It was a 2 hour dive last night. Inflation, eh?

The sat nav didn’t work

 

[PaulSB]

Your link is dead, and my summary is accurate for the version at the time I read it. There’s a much improved version there now.

The dead link was my fault. I read it at 5.30am

BBC News - Who is Hamish Harding? British adventurer missing on Titanic sub
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65955554

 

[Bonefish Blues]

No, sadly.

 

[DaveReading]

Absolutely. Our man in Reading thought this was such an important point he felt it worth repeating.

He did indeed.

Other opinions are available.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Did anyone mention it’s sealed from the outside and the windows don’t open?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The dead link was my fault. I read it at 5.30am

BBC News - Who is Hamish Harding? British adventurer missing on Titanic sub
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65955554

That’s a different article, as is the BBC practice of having more than one on the same subject. Your linked article clearly states the length of the dive, where as the different one I read,had it mixed up.

 

[DaveReading]

Did anyone mention it’s sealed from the outside and the windows don’t open?

Or at least aren't supposed to.

If it was, as has been suggested, a catastrophic hull failure, there would appear to be a possibility that the wreckage will never be found.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Or at least aren't supposed to.

If it was, as has been suggested, a catastrophic hull failure, there would appear to be a possibility that the wreckage will never be found.

Since comms with the submersible are difficult at the best of times , it’s hard to say. Ocean gate need to send an unmanned submersible on the same route it was destined to take, to see if they can find it.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

The more I look at this the more it looks like the sketchiest thing I've seen in a long time. It looks like it was built in a shed.

 

[Beebo]

Billionaires don’t become rich without taking a few risks with their own lives and others.

 

[Dogtrousers]

If, perish the thought, this has an unhappy ending I can see the authorities banning such 'tourist' visits to the wreck site.

Just out of interest who has authority over such things? Genuine question, my maritime knowledge extends only to booking ferries occasionally.

I was wondering that when thinking who would/could have certified that thing as seaworthy, or at very least done an expert independent risk assessment.

In a few years time they might locate the wreck and send tourists down to look at it.