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If the banging sound article was correct, it sounds like they had a failure of the ballast not coming off... I wonder how many layer of safety there is, there

If the banging sound article was correct, it sounds like they had a failure of the ballast not coming off... I wonder how many layer of safety there is, there should probably be at least 3 independent ways that ballast can come off when your life depends on it..

howenterprisey 3y ago
Which article?
ssnistfajen 3y ago
According to this article, the submersible had 7 safety features, 5 of which involves shedding weights: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65965665 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65965665
- Aperocky 3y ago
  Hopefully all of these features are independently tested.
  - MagicMoonlight 3y ago
    Why would you need to test it? You only use it in an emergency
    - salawat 3y ago
      >"You'll never do a wind up turn in a normal flight regime." -Somebody at Boeing about MCAS at some point, probably. Besides which, shedding ballast is part of it's normal operational cycle. One would hope that would be bulletproof.
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