Expensive way to join the Titanic dead

[toddnjoyce]

The wife called for me to see what was on the TV. It was showing the Titan on the bottom of the ocean. They only showed the front 1/3 and it was intact. Don't know about the rest of it.

'Debris field' discovered in search for Titanic sub contains its 'rear cover and landing frame' which indicates 'catastrophic implosion', say experts
The landing frame and rear cover of the missing Titan submersible have been discovered on the ocean floor, according to experts involved in the search, who say it points to the vessel suffering a 'catastrophic implosion' that will have claimed all five of the lives on board.

 

[Johnny Diamond]

Well HELL, we all knew that.

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[General Zod]

Well, hopefully all the debris missed the Titanic...because it's one thing to get yourself and four paying customers killed by your hubris, but it's quite another to pollute and damage an important historical and archaeological artifact.

 

[TX oddball]

Even though the OceanGate company touted them as a partner, Boeing is flat out denying it.

“Boeing was not a partner on the Titan and did not design or build it,” the company said in a statement, declining to comment further about OceanGate’s assertions. The University of Washington has issued similar statements as well.

 

[Lonesome Dove]

Gurgle Gurgle

 

[Fishkiller]

A sad affair all around. Egotistical CEO publicly flaunts safety concerns, builds a cheapo submarine and gets' other equally egotistical billionaires to go along. If not already done this will be blamed on climate change and Trump.

Time to head to the local watering hole.

 

[Renegade]

Is there any US jurisdiction here? It left from StJohns and the sinking occurred in intl waters

 

[General Zod]

Gurgle Gurgle

More of a "crunch" then silence as debris rained down...

 

[Texasgordo]

 

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[toddnjoyce]

Is there any US jurisdiction here? It left from StJohns and the sinking occurred in intl waters

Little, of any. Canadian registered mothership, the submersible itself held no vessel registration. Likely Admiralty Court would have jurisdiction.

I doubt Oceansgate has much in the way of assets nor any type of liability insurance anyways.

 

[Sam Colt]

 

[TX OMFS]

Call me a wimp but I deleted the Titan memes I posted. Very sad. The customers trusted a company to actually know what they were doing. The jackasses at the company did not know what they were doing.

Edit: In no way am I saying everyone should delete the memes.

 

[DoubleDuty]

Nah, you don't have insert "Ah sure hates them democrap" bullshit into everything.
This is pure "I'm the boss I know better than you peasants" hubris:

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Yep that's what causes you to die.

 

[General Zod]

Call me a wimp but I deleted the Titan memes I posted. Very sad. The customers trusted a company to actually know what they were doing. The jackasses at the company did not know what they were doing.

Edit: In no way am I saying everyone should delete the memes.

I've gotta say...maybe billionaires are wired different but if I was going to do something that out of the ordinary, where my life was in someone else's hands against such overwhelming forces of nature, I'd research the company a bit. That guy's idiotic stance on safety was not kept secret. Due diligence would have saved lives.

 

[DoubleDuty]

The Titanic had a decent chance of making it to its destination safely...

Kinda similar the titanic left port while it was on fire which weakened the hull and the arrogance that it was unsinkable with not enough life boats.

 

[Renegade]

I've gotta say...maybe billionaires are wired different but if I was going to do something that out of the ordinary, where my life was in someone else's hands against such overwhelming forces of nature, I'd research the company a bit. That guy's idiotic stance on safety was not kept secret. Due diligence would have saved lives.

Billionaire is rich enough to build/buy/rent a dive vessel that can safely go twice that deep. Trieste went 35k 60+ years ago.