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Agree, although if the bells are destroyed, that doesn't mean they were the failure mechanism either. It's entirely possible the tube collapsing would result in
by hex4def6 3y ago
Agree, although if the bells are destroyed, that doesn't mean they were the failure mechanism either. It's entirely possible the tube collapsing would result in a huge water hammer effect on the bells, causing them to be shattered.
It's going to be interesting to see to what level (if any), this gets root-caused. It's not trivial to do when stuff is miles down on the ocean floor.
I assume there isn't a regulatory requirement (like a plane crash). I wonder if it's even needed from an ensuing lawsuit situation; it seems like there's plenty of evidence to support a negligence argument, without getting into the specifics of whether it's the hull that failed or the diving bell, etc.
- civilitty 3y agoThe NTSB is responsible for investigating maritime accidents especially if they result in death but I think it depends on which flag the mothership sailed under.
- SV_BubbleTime 3y agoThe bells are titanium iirc, I wouldn’t think they would shatter. I thought the report is they were 100+ feet apart, it’s a crazy amount of force.
- guax 3y agoThey could just glide apart from whatever depth the implosion happened. The force is unfathomable but the distance is not related to it I think.
- SV_BubbleTime 3y agoThat’s fair. In my head they were at the bottom when this happened, but there is no reason to think that other than I imagined it.