When you are in a “try not to laugh” competition and your enemy is footage of billionaires brutally dying in an submarine implosion.
It was probably instant, not brutal
Unconfirmed from official sources, but they might have known something was wrong for 15+ mins.
Unlikely. At that insane pressure, the hull is either completely intact, or, once moving, completely imploding in a fraction of human reaction time. We’re talking about time frames of a millisecond. They couldn’t possibly have seen it coming. One moment you’re alive and well, the next moment your body is nothing more than paste.
The only evidence for them to legitimately worry about would have been from knowledge about any kind of sketchy practices and/or material choices during the building process.
I really wonder if we’ll ever find out if the leaked transcripts are authentic.
This video looks clickbait af but it goes over it with some detail.
Edit: 1000th lemmy comment woo 🎉
I believe what this user is referencing is the fact that they had sensors all throughout the carbon fibre hull to detect issues. So there could have been an “oh fuck” period before the instantaneous implosion.
iirc the guy that got fired for pointing out problems said, that the system might only provide a warning miliseconds before the
eximplosion.Real Engineering agreed with that too: https://youtu.be/6LcGrLnzYuU
Edit: He called it “safety theatre”.
I haven’t been following it closely. Is there actually footage?
Not that I’ve heard. I think it was pretty instant.
The company really imploded under the pressure.
Once the media coverage started, the cracks started to show.
Oh, be nice to Stockton - his entire life imploded because of this incident!
I cannot fathom the pressure he must feel
Wow. That’s a low blow!
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Heh
That’s deep
I’m deeply disappointed by this, very unfortunate. When I first heard about OceanGate I nearly imploded with excitement, but now I feel a titanic amount of sadness about this recent news.
I hope Stockton will be ok with the huge amount of pressure now on him, I’m sure this is a low point in his life
Sorry
You could say, he was in bits 😎
I’ll see myself out
To shreds you say…
The companie’s clients were also crushed.
Listen to the behind the bastards podcast episodes on this jagoff, really drives home what a loser he was.
Did they all have to huddle over the tiny monitor to see the wreckage?
Asking for a friend…
Too soon! Not nice to say this, their company might even go under!
Bro… I do not have to laugh
Dank
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