Posted on 06/21/2023 3:07:05 AM PDT by servo1969
Accidents happen. And consider that the company CEO was on this particiular dive, so he apparently didn’t fear Titan’s safety. Besides, that earlier claim was from 2018. What did they change or fix since then?
By FAR the best take on the fatal Titan sub fiasco.
[Yes, fatal.]
Skip the rest, this is the best, by an actual subject matter expert.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dka29FSZac
Be careful mentioning how risky this was.
I’ve already dealt with a troll, LOL.
[Titan’s hull “showed signs of cyclic fatigue.”]
Yikes
I recall reading that the United States Coast Guard and its entry into the Marine Safety realm occurred during the period when steamship boilers were routinely exploding. They started inspecting steamship boilers and found out that square boilers soldered together or welded or whatever affixment they use were not anywhere near the strength nor could they avert the pressures adequately before they blow. So as a result the advent of spherical boilers became the safest design feature tested.
Thanks for the link. Just finished watching this video which gives some experienced commensense observations. Worth the 21 minutes.
Thanks for that video, it was well done.
Being a bubblehead myself, I couldn’t hardly believe all the ridiculous things I was seeing that they were lacking regarding operation and safety equipment of Mr. Rush’s vessel.
It truly was extremely risky.
He disregarded so many safety concerns...didn’t want the inconvenience it seems and paid the ultimate price.
It looks like a turd. Too bad it wasn’t a floater.
I watched it earlier and the guy is a top-notch briefer, no ahs, uhs, or wasted words it is all solid information well delivered.
On the positive side, he put his own life at risk, apparently now has given it. I doubt his waiver will help the company survive, the customer heirs will pick this appart for negligence and worse.
They are so out of business.
Sometimes it really sucks to be right. This case appears to be one of those times.
Thank You Sir.
That is a good video so far, he just gets straight down to it. Interesting that the waiver basically says YOU COULD DIE (in this experimental craft) !!!
I watched it, I must agree the video gives a complete explanation of what could have gone wrong, and that list is quite lengthy.
In particular what stands out is the CEO did not want to hire experienced career submarine mariners because he did not want a bunch of 50 year old white men on his staff. He preferred to hire inexperienced college grads.
And it sounds like the CEO wanted to cut corners on a number of safety issues such as air quality and the known loss of communications issues.
So what could possibly go wrong with a bunch of college kids reinventing the submarine and ignoring all of the standard safety protocols? I’d say there’s a touch of wokeness going on there.
The strongest submersible object would be a perfect glass sphere but as you know that is impossible. The next best is spherical with minimal seams. Titan looks like something a kid would order from the back of a 1972 Sears catalog.
The white male 50 year old SME (subject matter expert) who spent 25+ years in nuclear and experimental submarines would have insisted on all the proven safety factors mentioned in that video.
This would have scared off the naive 20-something surfers who were instead spoon-fed hopium.
THIS is what the left wants.
For common sense and our country to be dismantled so that it can’t be rebuilt by hiring the ‘everyone gets a trophy’ pool of ‘kids who want to make a difference’ instead of accomplished, educated people with white skin who KNOW what they are doing. Nah- “I’ve known Becky since she was a little girl and she REALLY wants to be an engineer and design submarines - heck, I remember her singing ‘Yellow Submarine’ while coloring a pirate!”
Now, experience will be measured by melanin and lipstick.
SOOOOOO glad I am no longer a flight attendant. Hearing about this United flight school gives me the same feelings about this submarine tragedy.
And you bet your sweet butt the CEOs will only be on the flights with experienced pilots, not their ‘diversity’ hires.
https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/united-opens-own-flight-school-targets-women-minorities/
“By FAR the best take on the fatal Titan sub fiasco.
[Yes, fatal.]
Skip the rest, this is the best, by an actual subject matter expert.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dka29FSZac
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Agreed, an SME, Thanks for posting!
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