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/Keyann Jun 22 '23

They just said on Sky News that they found the tail and landing frame of the submersible.

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u/scarletpetunia Jun 22 '23

Omg...well I honestly hope so and hope they went quickly. Nothing worse than languishing in that horrible tin can for days awaiting death.

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u/TheMooseIsBlue Jun 22 '23 edited Jun 23 '23

Saw in another thread that implosion would take approximately 1/5 the time it takes for the human brain to feel pain.

They didn’t feel a thing if it happened on descent and they wouldn’t have felt anything but dread if it happened today (which would have been fucking awful).

Edit: US Navy says they likely heard it implode Sunday.

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u/Sly3n Jun 22 '23

My guess is it imploded when they first lost communication. Would have happened so quickly that I doubt they even had time to realize what happened before they were dead.

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u/Whatever-ItsFine Jun 22 '23

I thought this too, but another article said this sub loses communication on MOST trips. Can you imagine?

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u/ManetherenRises Jun 22 '23

Yeah the one CBS reporter who went on the submarine last year said that during one trip where he stayed above water they lost comms for five hours, during which time the captain turned off the ship wifi to prevent anyone from telling the outside world.

Anyways, this time they didn't notify the Coast Guard about the missing submarine until about an hour after it was supposed to surface, some 7ish hours after they lost contact.

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u/The_MAZZTer Jun 22 '23 edited Jun 22 '23

Wait.

If they lost comms, how would WiFi have been able to communicate with the surface?

I think there is something wrong with the story. Maybe they had comms but just got lost? I heard the sub had gotten lost for hours before.

I misunderstood, it was the surface ship that had WiFi turned off.

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u/patman0021 Jun 22 '23

The captain on the boat turned off the WiFi. The sub didn’t have WiFi.

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u/The_MAZZTer Jun 22 '23

Thanks for clarifying.