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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
Contact is done by acoustic modem which is intermittent depending on water conditions like density changes, and has been reported to have been lost multiple times on prior trips so it's possible they lost contact prior to the implosion.
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Losing communications sounds like the norm for them. I suspect this is why the mother ship didn't report anything to the authorities right away. They cheated death so much, they probably thought this was going to another cool story to tell.