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minus-squarefrozengriever@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 year agoI guess the CEO of OceanGate joining them for the dive would have given them a false sense of comfort. Interestingly, that same CEO mentioned that the Titan submersible was already showing signs of cyclical fatigue back in 2020: https://www.geekwire.com/2020/oceangate-raises-18m-build-bigger-submersible-fleet-get-set-titanic-trips/ It would be fascinating if we could get an aircraft disaster style analysis but I don’t know if they would do so for marine accidents.
minus-squareAnnoyed_Crabby@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI wonder if they have a blackbox built in. doubt they have since they’ve skip so many standard.
minus-squareTechnoBabble@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoThey didn’t even have a locator beacon, and the sub ran Windows for some insane reason. I would be amazed if they had a black box.
I guess the CEO of OceanGate joining them for the dive would have given them a false sense of comfort.
Interestingly, that same CEO mentioned that the Titan submersible was already showing signs of cyclical fatigue back in 2020:
https://www.geekwire.com/2020/oceangate-raises-18m-build-bigger-submersible-fleet-get-set-titanic-trips/
It would be fascinating if we could get an aircraft disaster style analysis but I don’t know if they would do so for marine accidents.
I wonder if they have a blackbox built in. doubt they have since they’ve skip so many standard.
They didn’t even have a locator beacon, and the sub ran Windows for some insane reason.
I would be amazed if they had a black box.