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Originally Posted by greyshep
Not sure if I read an earlier article correctly or not but I am not certain they even had recovery abilities in place for a situation like this. Or even if they did if the timeline would even be realistic for a recovery.
Sounds like a lot of risk was possibly ignored here.
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Listened to one news story that said there are only 3 currently operating subs that can go to that depth, but none of them really have a way to refloat a vessel from that depth in the short time that would be required before air runs out. Basically, if the vessel is intact but at the bottom of the ocean, it just means they know that they can call off the search above the water.
Another crappy thing is that even if it is bobbing at the surface, the capsule is sealed from the outside and there is no way to open it from the inside, so the time limit to find them still applies.
They also showed the inside of the capsule and while there is a really small window in the back, you can't actually see clearly through it. There is a camera on the outside of the vessel and they view images on a screen. Really no different than just watching on TV.