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Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D
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Wow. OceanGate, the company that owns the missing submersible, fired an employee a few years ago after he filed safety complaints against them. The employee specifically said the sub was not capable of descending to such extreme depths before he was fired.
Missing Titanic Sub Once Faced Massive Lawsuit Over Depths It Could Safely Travel To
Court documents reveal a former OceanGate employee had several safety complaints over the tourist submersible—and then he was fired.
https://newrepublic.com/post/173802/mis ... -oceangate
(!!) The submersible “was only built to a certified pressure of 1,300 meters, although OceanGate intended to take passengers down to depths of 4,000 meters. […] OceanGate refused to pay for the manufacturer to build a viewport that would meet the required depth of 4,000 meters.”
We haven’t even gotten to the worst part:
“Paying passengers wouldn’t know or be informed about Lochridge’s concerns, according to his complaints. They also wouldn’t be informed ‘that hazardous flammable materials were being used within the submersible.’”
Oh and when the former OceanGate employee expressed his concerns about the “safety and quality” of the submersible and its materials, the company told him that the technology to carry out certain safety tests didn’t even exist.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1671 ... 74016.html
Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D
@RVAwonk
Wow. OceanGate, the company that owns the missing submersible, fired an employee a few years ago after he filed safety complaints against them. The employee specifically said the sub was not capable of descending to such extreme depths before he was fired.
Missing Titanic Sub Once Faced Massive Lawsuit Over Depths It Could Safely Travel To
Court documents reveal a former OceanGate employee had several safety complaints over the tourist submersible—and then he was fired.
https://newrepublic.com/post/173802/mis ... -oceangate
(!!) The submersible “was only built to a certified pressure of 1,300 meters, although OceanGate intended to take passengers down to depths of 4,000 meters. […] OceanGate refused to pay for the manufacturer to build a viewport that would meet the required depth of 4,000 meters.”
We haven’t even gotten to the worst part:
“Paying passengers wouldn’t know or be informed about Lochridge’s concerns, according to his complaints. They also wouldn’t be informed ‘that hazardous flammable materials were being used within the submersible.’”
Oh and when the former OceanGate employee expressed his concerns about the “safety and quality” of the submersible and its materials, the company told him that the technology to carry out certain safety tests didn’t even exist.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1671 ... 74016.html
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This ain't right...
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This is the sort of vile ish Elmo is allowing on his site. I saw it last night and was horrified.
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It is unclear if the #Titan had any emergency locator beacon at all, an EPIRB.
If they could surface, they may have no way to tell anyone where they are (and according to #Oceangate the hatch cannot be opened from inside).
The cost of an EPIRB can be less than $1,000 from Amazon (about €910).
From this US Coast Guard word document: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/CG-5 ... eacons.doc
#TitanicSub #submarine #submersible
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It is unclear if the #Titan had any emergency locator beacon at all, an EPIRB.
If they could surface, they may have no way to tell anyone where they are (and according to #Oceangate the hatch cannot be opened from inside).
The cost of an EPIRB can be less than $1,000 from Amazon (about €910).
From this US Coast Guard word document: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/CG-5 ... eacons.doc
#TitanicSub #submarine #submersible
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Sorry. EPIRBS can go for much cheaper than that. In EVERY lifeboat of every registered ship in the world there is an EPIRB.
If they did not put one there...
If they did not put one there...
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And: how do you actually KILL yourself inside of that thing? Don't think they took cyanide pills with them.
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It's a horrific situation no matter how you look at it. The pressure down there, if the vessel imploded, maybe, mercifully, killed them at once so no one suffered. The families have more than enough grounds for legal action.
The bad juju around this wreck, the depth at which the ship settled, all scream "NO" but here we are.
The bad juju around this wreck, the depth at which the ship settled, all scream "NO" but here we are.
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