AP News: A search is underway for missing submarine that takes people to see Titanic

CBS dude rode on it and did an interview with the owner.

So many red flags.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29co_Hksk6o&feature=youtu.be

I find it strangely hard to care about the fate of a handful of multimillionaire tourists when hundreds of refugees died last week due to the indifference of the Greek authorities - and the media barely noticed.

That’s sort of… poetic in a messed up way.

...officials are working to get a remotely operated vehicle that can reach a depth of 6,000 meters (about 20,000 feet) to the site as soon as possible.

The 5-person submersible, named Titan, is capable of diving 4,000 meters or 13,120 ft. “with a comfortable safety margin,” OceanGate said in its filing with the court.

but...after looking up on Wikipedia

...a wreck that lies over 12,000 feet (3,700 m) below the surface...

What I dont get is that one of the passengers was a billionaire. He could have built himself the fanciest and safest vessel for a few Million Dollars with a whole naval operation attached. Of course thats a lot more than 250K but still nothing for a billionaire. These people are so out of touch and cheap its insane.

Very wealthy people wasting a huge amount of society's resources to have mild fun doing something very risky then having to get rescued on the back of society at a high cost. I say let's enjoy watching them die.

This shits going to keep happening as companies continue to rush commercialization of "Extreme" Travel.

Here's a thread giving info on all the shoddiness of that sub

Even if I had a stupid amount of money, there's no way in hell I would pay someone to stuff me inside what seems to be an over-sized propane tank, then send me to depths where the water pressure is so extreme it will literally crush you.

Just...no.

According to the article there is a metal eating bacteria that’s eating the titanic? And it the wreckage might be gone in a few years?

That’s incredible

Who even has the vessels that can go deep enough to rescue them? This is the stuff of nightmares

It has 96 hours of life support, I have faith.

I hope there’s some kind of black box… what would be worse than it happenning again one day because we don’t know what happenned.

I feel bad for the families of folks