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Originally Posted by Fuzz
They had another sub down there. At least one, anyway. I'm not sure if it dragged it up, or clipped an inflatable airbag on it. Airbag seems the safest for the other sub.
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Yeah, I assumed as much. The airbag makes sense and I didn't think of that. I guess I just meant that human remains, fragments, etc, would be very delicate. How they brought them up with dignity is what I was thinking but an airbag would make the most sense.
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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
I guess it goes to show that contrary to the joke engineering of Ocean Gate, submersible tech in the rest of the industry is actually quite a mature technology and science.
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I just read a report from last year that spoke specifically to using carbon fibre on pressure vessels. The results were what we saw. I think the engineering isn't the problem but hubris. Rush unfortunately wouldn't listen to warnings. How many times has that happened in human history with the same results? James Cameron was right when he said that the hubris of the Titanic captain and Rush were far too similar.
Regardless, it is a sad outcome with the deaths involved. With that in mind, I thought about how many bodies have they recovered of the migrants that died in Europe at around the same time? It just goes to show our priorities as humans, and how we are fixated and fascinated so easily, and so short sighted and blind to other issues.