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[Driftwood]

And there's a Buc-ee's just up the road. Scoreboard!

They could have taken some brisket or jerky on the trip. The head on the sub would have been clean and no waiting.

 

[swingline]

Don't do well at 13,000 feet
But I'm pretty good at drinking beer

 

[poindexter]

Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepad for steering

 

[wicked]

I remember the Russian sub that blew up about 25 years ago and I thought, damn, I do not want to go that way.

 

[Azrael]

Good to know the cost of the search and rescue effort will be borne by taxpayers.

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[dixiehack]

Are you arguing that because people of means are aboard we shouldn't attempt a rescue?

 

[Driftwood]

I would not authorize millions of dollars and thousands of man hours to look for this sub.
1. It's a lost cause. It was a lost cause the minute it happened. They're dead.
2. They know what they signed up for.

It's not like it's a child who accidentally wandered off from a camp site.

 

[Cosmo]

Yeah, from everything I've been able to read/watch about this, even if they're able to locate the vessel, it's too deep for any sort of rescue mission. Navy submarines can't dive that deep.

 

[Driftwood]

When I was in the Navy, one of my jobs involved launching and landing helicopters.
We were at sea off the coast of Florida/Bahamas. We got an SOS from a cruise ship that a passenger had fallen overboard. We go balls to the wall to get to the area. We launch our helo. The Coast Guard comes in with two more. The entire ship is topside searching for someone in the water. A U.S. Navy warship spends 6-8 hours making circles in the ocean looking for someone. We are recovering, refueling, and launching the helos constantly.
Eventually, the cruise ship comes on the radio, "U.S. Navy. U.S. Coast Guard. Thank you for your assistance. All passengers are accounted for. The overboard was reported by a crew member with a mental disorder."
One of the Coastie helos radioed back to us on the bridge, "Uhhh, we recommend you open fire on the ship."

 

[Azrael]

Are you arguing that because people of means are aboard we shouldn't attempt a rescue?

I'm not "arguing" anything.

Just pointing out that a rescue effort involving this many ships and planes will cost millions of taxpayer dollars.

To recover a private, for-profit one-off submersible certified by no agency or state or country.

In fact, there's been a movement the last few years toward charging people for their own rescue.

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[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

I would not authorize millions of dollars and thousands of man hours to look for this sub.
1. It's a lost cause. It was a lost cause the minute it happened. They're dead.
2. They know what they signed up for.

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[Spartan Squad]

Some people with money are dumber than a bag of rocks.

(which also would sink two miles into the ocean)

If only they made it from a duck