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The engineer who worked on it said it would provide only milliseconds of warning before the hull collapsed. He was promptly fired.
by DebtDeflation 3y ago
The engineer who worked on it said it would provide only milliseconds of warning before the hull collapsed. He was promptly fired.
- krasin 3y agoSource? (the story does sound plausible, but having a source would be helpful)
- lamontcg 3y agohttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/missing-titanic-submarine-oceangate-safety-warnings-lawsuits/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/missing-titanic-submarine-ocean...
- Grazester 3y agoRead that also, can't remember where.
- kayodelycaon 3y agohttps://fortune.com/2023/06/21/titan-titanic-missing-sub-david-lochridge-safety-concerns-sacked-oceangate-stockton-rush-hamish-harding/amp/ https://fortune.com/2023/06/21/titan-titanic-missing-sub-dav...
- komadori 3y ago> Lochridge had alleged major safety issues: there had been almost no unmanned testing of the craft; the alarm system would only sound off “milliseconds” before an implosion https://www.forbes.com/sites/katherinehamilton/2023/06/21/oceangate-employee-warned-of-major-safety-issues-with-titan-sub-in-2018-he-was-soon-fired/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/katherinehamilton/2023/06/21/oc...
- DebtDeflation 3y agohttps://www.cnn.com/2023/06/23/us/oceangate-submersible-titanic-safety-invs/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/23/us/oceangate-submersible-tita... >Lochridge also questioned OceanGate’s plans to install a monitoring system on the vessel to detect the start of hull breakdown. His court filing argued “this type of acoustic analysis would only show when a component is about to fail—often milliseconds before an implosion—and would not detect any existing flaws prior to putting pressure onto the hull.”
- mytailorisrich 3y agoFound this article [1] about the employee where this "millisecond warning" is mentioned. It's been in most media on the past few days. And yes, one has to wonder about a warning system that does not warm in advance and which operates in situations where no-one can do anything about it, anyway... [1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/katherinehamilton/2023/06/21/oceangate-employee-warned-of-major-safety-issues-with-titan-sub-in-2018-he-was-soon-fired/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/katherinehamilton/2023/06/21/oc... Edit: oh dear flood of replies!
- Johnny555 3y agoI'd be more interested in a source that shows that such a warning system could give a usable warning timeframe at great depths under the sea.
- bradgessler 3y agoJust enough time to hear the "Bu" from "Buzz"
- quickthrower2 3y agoI had to check if sound travels fast enough. Just about, yes. Half a millisec to go 1.5m.
- ikiris 3y agoBetter than being crushed like their CEO.