Local submarine expert discusses his concerns about the Titan submersible

Jasmine Viel spoke to a local expert who built a company around underwater vehicles and said he's had concerns about the submarine that tried to make a voyage to the Titanic.

[@calvinpurdy2668]

Who in their right minds, would get into a vessel which has its only entrance / exit / escape hatch, bolted down from the outside??? Even in the unlikely event of them locating it, there's no way of getting the people out. It has to be raised to the surface first. Poor bastards, can't imagine a worse way of going. Slowly suffocating in a very cold, dark, steel coffin at the bottom of the sea.

[@jamessimmons7480]

MAKES SENSE TO ME!!!!!

[@StinkFingerr]

And the smell...

[@johno1544]

The tube shaped carbon fiber hull was never properly tested. There is a reason all other craft that dive this deep use titanium alloy spheres a spheres being the best shape to resist water pressure. They probably all died very quickly when this thing leaked

[@mooknick242]

alot of money to burn makes you delusional

[@guymerritt4860]

I think most of the world is stunned that successful, and presumably intelligent, people would get into this thing when experts in the field had all voiced concerns about the hull design. I heard one engineer explain that this kind of hull would shatter, like glass, if it failed. If the hull failed they may never find a trace of this thing - it's a big, big ocean.

[@oxyfee6486]

Should have asked him if there were any parts from Campers World on his subs.

[@deroace]

that 1:52 hahaha was funny

[@archie_bunker]

i know right lol

[@wh7988]

thank you, came for this comment

[@LasVegas68]

Let's go with the facts. The CEO "stated" he took risks building this submersible. No outside sources that are qualified to inspect his vehicle was done for safety. Basically he wanted a quick return on his investment.....

[@epicphailure88]

A billionaire dying because he hated regulations. Oh the irony.

[@MR-nl8xr]

No, because he didn't want WHY+ ex-MILITARY MEN telling him what to do; he literally said that in a Zoom meeting when trying to recruit new engineers.

[@maxbrazil3712]

A hatch that can't be opened from the inside and limited oxygen is a deathtrap to begin with. Add in the staggering water pressure and you might as well be sitting in a vault.

[@briansharp4388]

It only becomes an issue on the surface, you couldn't open it under water if you wanted to.

[@MR-nl8xr]

Nobody wants to talk about how the CEO was a wokey!

[@johnengland8619]

@@MR-nl8xr huh?

[@MR-nl8xr]

@@johnengland8619 The CEO of this sub (and company) was a wokey leftist, which is the reason why this negligent manslaughter happened.

[@reinadegrillos]

Those people were tourists that wanted to see the Titanic graveyard to brag afterwards in some luxury meals. They were not explorers.

[@christopherpoucher483]

Nothing has been tested that long under those pressures

[@briansharp4388]

They wouldn't build a test hull for destructive testing, too see what exactly it's fail points were. If you can't do something correctly because of $$, Then you need more $$. Safety costs. More complicated hatches cost. Experienced personel costs, locating transponder costs, redundant systems cost. See where I'm going?

[@decafmocha211]

His comment : "10 submersibles in the world can dive to 4000 meters or deeper and Titan is one of them and all of them are certified except one : the Titan is not." An astounding statement.

[@maryschneider2759]

it imploded or broke away and went with ocean current

[@jamessimmons7480]

IT WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME IF THEY DON'T EVER FIND IT JUST LIKE NOBODY EVER FOUND JIMMY HOFFA!!!!

[@DonIsadick-mf3gv]

Everybody knows hoffa is now a kitchen sink. Don't ask me the science, dunno. Far as this clickbait vid, you clicked, so endure I guess

[@Conner438]

It's 2023........I'm keeping my feet on the ground. No flying or subs for me!!!

[@mariorossi1633]

In this case, people don't go deeper for exploration but for stupidity.

[@ufosrus]

OceanGate is going to get hit by a huge lawsuit.

[@christopherpoucher483]

Deepest deaths ever recorded, biggest rescue

[@patriciaeddy7629]

There was no excuse for Titan not to have been designed with a distress beacon.

[@magooracing]

Soon a lot of Ocean gate employees will be unemployed. The company is done. Nobody ever built another Hindenburg…..

[@Gonzo558]

Tragic

[@jimcoulter5877]

This company will probably be out of Business after the Law Suits that will be coming!

[@bobsmith-qu2oq]

Obviously. The ceo is already feeling the pressure.

[@p0llenp0ny]

Oceangate. Already sounds like a debacle.

[@randmayfield5695]

What if they find it, get it to the surface, go to open the 19 bolts holding the hatch on, with only a few minutes of O2 left, and they forgot to bring a wrench?

[@cherrystrawberry7014]

You have a morbid imagination hehe

[@egypthobby]

All ships has tools on them

[@northernlighter]

Oh no.... 10mm😮

[@randmayfield5695]

@@egypthobby I would hope so.

[@randmayfield5695]

@@northernlighter It would be something that simple.

[@buzz5969]

Everyone all over this news, lets see what this time tomorrow brings for those still hanging onto false hopes. RIP

[@benfranklin3638]

There's got to be something else going on that they're trying to divert attention from considering this kind of news saturation.

[@onfiya]

You poor child, don't give up hope, surely someone will love you someday. Weirdo.

[@mooknick242]

i keep hoping for a good update but it should be about time to start giving up hope for them

[@rockybrown6404]

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[@nathanmeece9794]

Why use both feet and meters,? Using both is confusing. Using feet is is more clear to me

[@jamesemerson4102]

That's because you're probably a Yank. Feet means nothing to us in Australia. Meters and km's for us. More precise than stupid inches and feet. " Oh yes, that's just 1 and 4/164ths of an inch long... :) - Me - "righttttt"

[@joja2568]

I own one of these on GTA 5...kracken

[@IlllIlllIlllIlll]

They used inexperienced people to build the ship. Why are you surprised of the results

[@unkown34x33]

their subs are beautiful and super high tech! :) compered to the trash design from the Titan.... every underwater school have to point out, the biggest mistake from ocean gate.

[@tinaanderson200]

Well its named after a book that predicted the Titanic 😢😮sinking🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@tanialimaa1860]

🌹🌺🌹

[@williamosborne6258]

Think I will stick to dry land

[@BradFalck-mn3pc]

Looks like a carbon copy of the deep worker submersible

[@briansharp4388]

In titans case a rock can do what it's doing

[@kennixox262]

You could pay me to go into one of those things!

[@TestTheSpiritsIfTheyAreOfYAH]

‘Experts’ 😂😂😂

[@NoMoreBsPlease]

Imagine dying and killing your son, just to see the Titanic. SMH! James Cameron should be ashamed of what he started!

[@BIG_TOE]

They dead

[@epicphailure88]

I cant imagine dying because of free market ideology.

[@bobsmith-qu2oq]

Did NOT die of 'free market' ideals. Died of woke bull

[@changchung]

I dont think Is a good idea to talk bad about what they do so early.

[@rustyneedles3743]

"for exploration and discovery" ... riiiiight