Rich People are Dumb - The Titanic Submarine Story

cmstophe said:
Clearly not a great move to take this risk just to see a shipwreck but… am I the only one who finds the memeing and general Internet reaction to this story kind of gross?

Maybe I am just a sissy now days.
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I think a lot comes from the massive amounts of media attention certain stories get.
Some go a little too far but I can't say I feel sorry for them. Everything about it screams deathtrap and I see it as rich people thinking themselves untouchable.

Don't know how any sane person would want to do it.
 
The Wolf King said:
I think a lot comes from the massive amounts of media attention certain stories get.
Some go a little too far but I can't say I feel sorry for them. Everything about it screams deathtrap and I see it as rich people thinking themselves untouchable.

Don't know how any sane person would want to do it.
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Yeah, not saying I don’t agree with your points - just, regardless of whether they are vain or rich (who knows? They could be great people, right?) I opt to have some decency and empathy. Not going to spend my days thinking about them obviously, just … not going to laugh at their deaths.
 
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Here's what we learned from the US Coast Guard's press conference:

  • US Coast Guard officials have said the debris findings were the result of a "catastrophic implosion" of the vessel carrying the five passengers
  • The site of the fatal accident was believed to be 1,600ft (487m) off the bow of the Titanic wreck
  • Five major pieces were discovered amid the debris around the Titanic site. Among them, a nose cone, outside the pressure hull, and a larger debris field
  • Rear Adm Mauger said he cannot confirm whether or not the US Coast Guard will be able to locate the victims' bodies. "This is an incredibly unforgiving environment," he said
  • There did not appear to be any connection between the noises that have been detected since Wednesday to the Titan sub, he said
  • The US Coast Guard said it will continue to investigate the site of the debris field. Rear Adm Mauger said right now there are nine vessels, medical personnel and technicians on the scene
  • The US Coast Guard will begin to demobilise personnel over the next 24 hours
 
ZombiesRUCrazy said:
At least it was a quick demise instead of just waiting for oxygen to run out.
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I dunno. At some point do you just passout? Then eventually expire while unconcious?

You might experience a weird feeling of 'Air Hunger' but that might be better than the short experience of the ship crushing in around you. I also can't even imagine what the water pressure does.
 
Videodrome said:
I dunno. At some point do you just passout? Then eventually expire while unconcious?

You might experience a weird feeling of 'Air Hunger' but that might be better than the short experience of the ship crushing in around you. I also can't even imagine what the water pressure does.
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it would happen so quick I doubt they would have time to react or feel anything. My understanding is that I happened before they reached the bottom. So they were still descending.

Probably something similar to this incident https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byford_Dolphin

Gruesome description of death:

Medical investigations were carried out on the remains of the four divers. The most notable finding was the presence of large amounts of fat in large arteries and veins and in the cardiac chambers, as well as intravascular fat in organs, especially the liver.[3]: 97, 101  This fat was unlikely to be embolic, but must have precipitated from the blood in situ.[3]: 101  The autopsy suggested that rapid bubble formation in the blood denatured the lipoprotein complexes, rendering the lipids insoluble.[3]: 101  The blood of the three divers left intact inside the chambers likely boiled instantly, stopping their circulation.[3]: 101  The fourth diver was dismembered and mutilated by the blast forcing him out through the partially blocked doorway and would have died instantly.[3]: 95, 100–101 

Coward, Lucas, and Bergersen were exposed to the effects of explosive decompression and died in the positions indicated by the diagram. Investigation by forensic pathologists determined that Hellevik, being exposed to the highest pressure gradient and in the process of moving to secure the inner door, was forced through the crescent-shaped opening measuring 60 centimetres (24 in) long created by the jammed interior trunk door. With the escaping air and pressure, it included bisection of his thoracoabdominal cavity, which resulted in fragmentation of his body, followed by expulsion of all of the internal organs of his chest and abdomen, except the trachea and a section of small intestine, and of the thoracic spine. These were projected some distance, one section being found 10 metres (30 ft) vertically above the exterior pressure door.[3]: 95 

It’s like this, but imagine hundreds of atmospheres of pressure instead of 1:
 
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ZombiesRUCrazy said:
it would happen so quick I doubt they would have time to react or feel anything. My understanding is that I happened before they reached the bottom. So they were still descending.

Probably something similar to this incident https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byford_Dolphin

Gruesome description of death:

Medical investigations were carried out on the remains of the four divers. The most notable finding was the presence of large amounts of fat in large arteries and veins and in the cardiac chambers, as well as intravascular fat in organs, especially the liver.[3]: 97, 101  This fat was unlikely to be embolic, but must have precipitated from the blood in situ.[3]: 101  The autopsy suggested that rapid bubble formation in the blood denatured the lipoprotein complexes, rendering the lipids insoluble.[3]: 101  The blood of the three divers left intact inside the chambers likely boiled instantly, stopping their circulation.[3]: 101  The fourth diver was dismembered and mutilated by the blast forcing him out through the partially blocked doorway and would have died instantly.[3]: 95, 100–101 

Coward, Lucas, and Bergersen were exposed to the effects of explosive decompression and died in the positions indicated by the diagram. Investigation by forensic pathologists determined that Hellevik, being exposed to the highest pressure gradient and in the process of moving to secure the inner door, was forced through the crescent-shaped opening measuring 60 centimetres (24 in) long created by the jammed interior trunk door. With the escaping air and pressure, it included bisection of his thoracoabdominal cavity, which resulted in fragmentation of his body, followed by expulsion of all of the internal organs of his chest and abdomen, except the trachea and a section of small intestine, and of the thoracic spine. These were projected some distance, one section being found 10 metres (30 ft) vertically above the exterior pressure door.[3]: 95 

It’s like this, but imagine hundreds of atmospheres of pressure instead of 1:
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Never heard of that incident, that’s crazy as hell.
 
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