The Titanic. Submersible goes missing

[WT4E]

What happens a body exposed to that pressure so quickly. Would there be anything left of them? Terrible tragedy but in one way a better way to go than waiting for days for the end.

[J70]

What happens a body exposed to that pressure so quickly. Would there be anything left of them? Terrible tragedy but in one way a better way to go than waiting for days for the end.

Think I heard the pressure down there is 3 tonnes psi.

At least it was extremely quick.

[burdizzo]

Had this expedition been successfully completed by The Titan before?

[RadioGAAGAA]

What happens a body exposed to that pressure so quickly. Would there be anything left of them? Terrible tragedy but in one way a better way to go than waiting for days for the end.

They'll have been vapourised when the internal air was exposed to the external pressure.

Suppose the silver lining is- they won't have known or felt a thing, from the initial crack till the end, it'll all have been over in milliseconds.

[Mourne Red]

https://twitter.com/thepakwolf/status/1671956820208877578?s=46&t=zMI0pHqP8aYtYYerofczvg

Here's a demo of what would have happened. Apparently they wouldn't have felt a thing it would have happened so quickly

[clarshack]

They were saying on the news last night that the shape of Titan compared to other submersibles could have been a design flaw as the pressure wouldn't have been distributed around it evenly.

[J70]

Wait till private space tourism takes off. Think of how many shuttle missions there were and the fact that two ended catastrophically. This stuff is inherently dangerous.

[J70]

https://twitter.com/thepakwolf/status/1671956820208877578?s=46&t=zMI0pHqP8aYtYYerofczvg

Here's a demo of what would have happened. Apparently they wouldn't have felt a thing it would have happened so quickly

[RadioGAAGAA]

They were saying on the news last night that the shape of Titan compared to other submersibles could have been a design flaw as the pressure wouldn't have been distributed around it evenly.

Its definitely a design compromise. You get more useable internal volume in a capped cylinder than you do in a pure sphere.

Its only a flaw if the designers didn't account for the various stress concentrations that arise from that compromise. Which I'd be very surprised if they didn't think they were doing that right - its pretty basic.

[marty34]

They were saying on the news last night that the shape of Titan compared to other submersibles could have been a design flaw as the pressure wouldn't have been distributed around it evenly.

Its definitely a design compromise. You get more useable internal volume in a capped cylinder than you do in a pure sphere.

Its only a flaw if the designers didn't account for the various stress concentrations that arise from that compromise. Which I'd be very surprised if they didn't think they were doing that right - its pretty basic.

I presume this yoke would have been used a few times before?

[J70]

They were saying on the news last night that the shape of Titan compared to other submersibles could have been a design flaw as the pressure wouldn't have been distributed around it evenly.

Its definitely a design compromise. You get more useable internal volume in a capped cylinder than you do in a pure sphere.

Its only a flaw if the designers didn't account for the various stress concentrations that arise from that compromise. Which I'd be very surprised if they didn't think they were doing that right - its pretty basic.

I presume this yoke would have been used a few times before?

Think I saw around 20 dives mentioned.

Each one is going to put stress on the hull with the pressurizations and depressurizations. They learned a lot about planes in the early jet age with this issue -look up the DeHavilland Comet.

Supposedly this company bypassed the certification process, which requires periodic dismantling, rebuilding and testing to maintain seaworthiness certs.

[Itchy]

https://twitter.com/mhdksafa/status/1671871512901459969?t=_vqDCM7zer29ni7DmbnCqQ&s=19

[Milltown Row2]

https://twitter.com/mhdksafa/status/1671871512901459969?t=_vqDCM7zer29ni7DmbnCqQ&s=19

Well I hope you donated on that link to help these people

[Saffrongael]

https://twitter.com/mhdksafa/status/1671871512901459969?t=_vqDCM7zer29ni7DmbnCqQ&s=19

Itchy offended ?? Never 

[trileacman]

https://twitter.com/mhdksafa/status/1671871512901459969?t=_vqDCM7zer29ni7DmbnCqQ&s=19

A bit disingenuous that post at the same time. To be fair to the Mediterranean countries they spend several billion euros every year patrolling the Med and dealing with refugees. The cost of this search so far is probably only a few million. Mostly it was craft already stationed in the area, predominantly Canadian coast guard.