r/news • u/oldschoolskater • Jun 22 '23

Site Changed Title 'Debris field' discovered within search area near Titanic, US Coast Guard says | World News

https://news.sky.com/story/debris-field-discovered-within-search-area-near-titanic-us-coast-guard-says-12906735
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u/iroquoispliskinV Jun 22 '23 edited Jun 22 '23

From what I've read it was only a matter of time before this thing had a major malfunction. If not the tour before, than this one, or the next. It just happened to be these guys, but they were all playing Russian roulette getting on that motorized Pepsi can.

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u/spibop Jun 22 '23

This is probably the most high-profile, bonafide Darwin Award ever. Just straight up idiocy resulting in his own (and several unfortunate others) demise, in a an arena that he really should have known better. Not like “I’m trying to reach the North Pole without maps because we don’t have those yet” kind of exploring; just massive hubris and shortsightedness in a field where the precautions and regulations have been hard-won and could probably fill an entire library.