'Likely signs of life have been detected':
Rescue plane hunting missing Titanic submarine
with five on board 'hears banging' coming
every 30 minutes from near wreck site
- raising hopes men are ALIVE as search
enters make-or-break day
Daily Mail (UK),
by
Alice Wright
Original Article
Posted By: Harlowe,
6/21/2023 1:10:57 AM
Hope of finding the Titan five--the crew on board a missing sub on an expedition to the Titanic shipwreck--have grown after rescue groups reported 'likely signs of life' and 'banging sounds.'[Snip]The DHS memo on the banging sounds read: 'RCC Halifax launched a P8, Poseidon, which has underwater detection capabilities from the air,' the DHS memo read, 'reported a contact in a position close to the distress position. 'The P8 heard banging sounds in the area every 30 minutes. Four hours later additional sonar was deployed and banging was still heard.' The timing--or cause--of the banging is not revealed by the memo.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Birddog 6/21/2023 1:36:02 AM (No. 1496360)
One of the guys down there, with his son, is on the Board of the "Prince's Charity Trust"
What Prince? And how does he feel about the guy spending $500,000 to do this?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
plomke 6/21/2023 1:37:07 AM (No. 1496361)
We therefore commit his body to the deep, looking for the general Resurrection in the last day, and the life of the world to come, through our Lord Jesus Christ; at whose second coming in glorious majesty to judge the world, the sea shall give up her dead; and the corruptible bodies of those who sleep in him shall be changed, and made like unto his glorious body; according to the mighty working where by he is able to subdue all things unto himself.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
jayjeti 6/21/2023 2:24:40 AM (No. 1496369)
The outfit with it's single submersible do not seem prepared incase of some failure. I've read concerns that the craft is assemble from makeshift parts, including a Nintendo gaming controller to steer the craft. I haven't heard anything on how if they find them with an unmanned drone, if they can help them.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
PChristopher 6/21/2023 3:02:39 AM (No. 1496376)
Even if they have air, dehydration is a real danger, so I hope they have water.... probably not.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
JoElla Bee 6/21/2023 3:25:54 AM (No. 1496378)
Same, #3. They are apparently bolted in from outside the sub. I don’t know how they could be rescued without bringing the sub to the surface. Hopefully they are alive & the sub isn’t entangled with something. Prayers there is some way to retrieve it before oxygen runs out, etc.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
SweetPea3 6/21/2023 4:34:36 AM (No. 1496379)
I am surprised that the Polar Prince, Titan's mother ship, does not have an ROV equipped with some sort of hook or grabber, to attach itself or a retrieval cable to the Titan, to haul the sub to the surface. Even more surprised that these men would get in the sub without a plan or such equipment to do so, should something go wrong. My prayers go up for these souls.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Califedup 6/21/2023 6:27:20 AM (No. 1496410)
Human folly and hubris strikes again.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
franq 6/21/2023 6:39:59 AM (No. 1496416)
To me this is bad news. With no way to raise the craft before O2 runs out, it would mean a slow, terrifying death for those on board.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Flyball Dogs 6/21/2023 7:19:16 AM (No. 1496438)
#1, I think it was a trust set up by King Charles when he was Prince of Wales. It’s a charity trust, if I’m not mistaken.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 6/21/2023 7:41:40 AM (No. 1496446)
I would have thought that this sub would have had a locating signal beacon on it so its location would have been known continuously while submerged.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
homefry 6/21/2023 7:42:46 AM (No. 1496447)
From what I've read about the construction of the thing, I'd advise against banging too hard, it may split open.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Corndoggies 6/21/2023 7:49:01 AM (No. 1496456)
Yes they are wealthy idiots but this comes under “things I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy”.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 6/21/2023 8:04:11 AM (No. 1496478)
Truly frightening to think about being stranded two and a half miles down in the ocean with almost no hope of rescue. I think I'd prefer a hull breach and the resultant quick implosion.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 6/21/2023 9:21:17 AM (No. 1496592)
Running out of oxygen will result in everyone getting tired and going to sleep. It's not a bad way to go. A catastrophic implosion will be so fast they would feel no pain whatsoever. Either way, the end will be swift and pain-free.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
RubiconDan 6/21/2023 10:03:50 AM (No. 1496636)
Not happening. It would take a miracle to rescue this sub. They plan is for a remote controlled vehicle to attach a cable to the sub and then tow it to the surface. Then they will drill or unbolt the hatch sub to get to the people inside. They still have not located the sub somewhere on the bottom of the ocean and it will take over 24 hours (best unlikely case) to get to it, bring it up, and get the people out. No way this happens in time.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
broken01 6/21/2023 10:13:16 AM (No. 1496642)
I'm not claustrophobic but there's a reason why I chose the USN surface fleet as a career and not one of a submariner affectionately known as a "bubblehead." That's just too far down for me to look at an over 100-year-old ruin no matter how famous. Hopefully they're able to rescue the people in the submersible before they run out of air.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 6/21/2023 1:27:59 PM (No. 1496792)
#14 - it is the hours/days leading up to the oxygen deprivation sleep that I'd not want to be part of - multiple days of sitting, knowing rescue is a near impossibility, the panic, hysteria, anger, freezing, and possible hypothermia paradoxical undressing. There are better ways to go.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
DVC 6/21/2023 10:47:42 PM (No. 1497172)
It would be wonderful if they can rescue them. Some of the simplest problems can be a line or piece of net sucked into a thruster inlet and wrapped around the prop, or the failure of the ballast release mechanism.
Best wishes for a safe recovery.
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The oxygen supply was estimated at 96 hours and projected to last until Thursday morning. A writer who traveled on the Titan to the Titanic last year said if they are down at the bottom of the ocean, he could not see how anyone could get to them much less rescue them. Further, that with humans confined in an airtight space, most people think of oxygen but carbon dioxide is the bigger concern. If a system of scrubbing carbon dioxide loses battery power, then the system would no longer work.