Missing submersible

[fisherdude]

With time running out please join me sending your prayers to the occupants and their families of the submersible. Prayers to Canada and the United States Coast Guard Rescuers Godspeed. 

[spoonfed-1]

Prayers already sent. It doesn't look good.

I still find it hard to believe this craft was not equipped with a gps tracking system.

[jperch]

I don't think gps works underwater, at least not at those depths.  I am surprised that there are not redundant communication systems, apparently communication problems were a fairly regular occurrence. 

[JJBat150]

Lots of red flags regarding the company that's running this. They fired a guy who brought up safety concerns.   Sub is operated by a game controller, didn’t want to hire experienced 50 y/o white guys, a carbon fiber hull that can’t withstand the pressures that deep. No certification or regulatory approval.

 

 

[whaler1]

Prayers for sure. 
Whole thing makes as much sense to me as going over Niagara Falls in a barrel. 
Stupid hurts. 

[trophyhunterdon]

I don't have much hope for them.  

[Sk8man]

pretty good chance the pressure got it....unfortunate

[whaler1]

Or got tangled in the rigging trying to get as close as possible and having to rely on a $30 video game controller to get off. 

[HB2]

They paid 250 k for the Titanic experience.  

 

Looks like they got it.  

[whaler1]

To go 12000 feet under in a 21ft tube. 

[HB2]

What could possibly go wrong ? 

[dhhurlburt]

I spent 20 years in the Navy on a few different subs. They should have had a gyroscope as their underwater version of a GPS but chose to navigate strictly by text...wth is that all about?. Aslo, they also were employing and underwater comms system via text....not sure how this was thought to be a good idea since changing salinity and temp affects the way sound travels. The use of game controllers isn't totally out of the realm of possibility. They are basically radio controlle servos...they work great when operating a properly designed system.

 

God speed to the crew and their families.