(June 22, 2023 at 8:39 am)zebo-the-fat Wrote: Some smart ass leading the search has said "the sub is either floating on the surface, sitting on the bottom or somewhere in between" Well that narrows it down a bit!
Even if they find the sub, what then, at those depths you can't get the people out to swim for the surface, the pressure would crush them in a fraction of a second
i think there are 2 potentially viable ways to rescue if the lost submersible is intact and occupant still alive.
1. Deep sea submersible surfaces by dropping ballast weight. If the maroon submersible can still drop its own ballast i5 would have done so already. But If it can’t, A rescue submersible may be able to help it loosen the ballast with a manipulator.
2. A rescue submersible may trail a hoist cable from a surface ship down 5o the missing submersible, attach the cable to the missing submersible with its menipulator, and then let the surface ship hoist it up.
Other news said previous employee of the firm that operates the missing submersible was fired for complaining the tubular part of the submersible pressure hull, made od carbon fiber, is 2 inches thinner than expected for operation at titanic depth, that tubular carbon fiber pressure hull has not been tested for deep sea submersible pressure hull, all other manned deep sea submersible uses titanium sphere for pressure hull, and the glass viewing port is certified by its manufacturer for only pressure at 1300m, titanic rests at 4000m. So it seems implosion around the time of communication loss is a distinct possibility.
