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According to this interview with Bob Ballard, there have been no fatalities or catastrophic accidents in the deep sea submersible/exploration world. https://ww
by WillPostForFood 3y ago
According to this interview with Bob Ballard, there have been no fatalities or catastrophic accidents in the deep sea submersible/exploration world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jJ_SSU-ocU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jJ_SSU-ocU
He mentioned since 1960, but unclear if that was because that's when the deep sea submersible exploration started, or something happened in 1960.
That makes OceanGate's sub seem like a uniquely incompetent design.
- babypuncher 3y agoDr Ballard seems like as authoritative of a source as any. OceanGate just ruined a 60 year perfect track record for an entire field of engineering.