Off Topic Titanic submersible goes missing

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The sub itself is extremely narrow, measuring just 670 cm x 280 cm x 250 cm (22ft x 9.2ft x 8.3ft), and can carry a crew of just five people - a pilot and four passengers.

While it is bigger than competitors, passengers are required to sit on the floor with limited room to move around.

At the front of the vessel is a large domed porthole offering a viewing point, which the company claims is the "largest viewport of any deep-sea manned submersible".

The walls of the sub are also heated as conditions can become extremely cold at such depths. Wall mounted lamps are the only source of light on board.

Unusually though, it includes a private toilet for customers at the front of the sub. A small curtain is pulled across when it is in use and the pilot turns up some onboard music.
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$250,000 well spent if you ask me.
 
 
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I've just been reading about Hamish Harding, he seems quite a character.

No stranger to deep ocean submarine travel either, he holds the records for the for greatest length covered and greatest time spent at full ocean depth in two man sub at the bottom of the Mariana Trench (almost three times the depth of the Titanic site),
 
If I was down there and with one of my children, there would reach a time where I'd have to consider murdering the other passengers to preserve the oxygen source for longer.

If the reports are true, it would seem that the company running the tours was criminally negligent regarding safety and money saving/cost cutting.
 
Heimdallr said:
If I was down there and with one of my children, there would reach a time where I'd have to consider murdering the other passengers to preserve the oxygen source for longer.

If the reports are true, it would seem that the company running the tours was criminally negligent regarding safety and money saving/cost cutting.
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Unless someone murdered you first...
 
Heimdallr said:
If I was down there and with one of my children, there would reach a time where I'd have to consider murdering the other passengers to preserve the oxygen source for longer.

If the reports are true, it would seem that the company running the tours was criminally negligent regarding safety and money saving/cost cutting.
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It'd be an interesting conversation with the Police when you surfaced, assuming they can decide whose jurisdiction it's in. "I heard a noise from the bathroom and..."
 
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DMD said:
It'd be an interesting conversation with the Police when you surfaced, assuming they can decide whose jurisdiction it's in. "I heard a noise from the bathroom and..."
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Indeed, it's a moral maze dilemma. Would you kill an innocent person to potentially save the life of a family member. Most people wouldn't, especially as the likely scenario is that you'd have to kill a fellow passenger with your bare hands, as I can't imagine there would be much else in that submarine.
 
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Heimdallr said:
Indeed, it's a moral maze dilemma. Would you kill an innocent person to potentially save the life of a family member. Most people wouldn't, especially as the likely scenario is that you'd have to kill a fellow passenger with your bare hands, as I can't imagine there would be much else in that submarine.
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Hoy ‘em overboard.

Job done.
 
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