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I very strongly doubt that they would have continued a dive with a cracked window. Their risk was abstract, and caused by ignorance. The crew of the Trieste co
by p-e-w 3y ago
I very strongly doubt that they would have continued a dive with a cracked window. Their risk was abstract, and caused by ignorance.
The crew of the Trieste continued to descend knowing full well that their vessel was damaged.
That's not the same thing in my mind.
- Hamuko 3y agoThey dove the Titan to the Titanic for 10+ times with a viewport that was rated for 1300-metre depth when the Titanic is at 4000 metres. I feel like OceanGate did not really pay that much attention to window safety.
- jb1991 3y ago> Their risk was abstract, and caused by ignorance. There was nothing abstract whatsoever about the lack of adequate preparation and responsibility taken: they did not certify, and they used components that were not rated for the depths of their dives, among many other things. This was not ignorance. This was boldly deciding not to care about safety. They ignored very vocal and direct outspoken concerns from all their peers in the industry for years, specific concerns about what they were doing that was not safe, and they ignored that too. Not abstract.
- kdmccormick 3y agoStockton assured passengers that it was totally safe. Either he was lying, or he deluded himself enough that he found the risk to be abstract. A reckless teenager driving at 120mph on the highway with no seatbelt is obviously in serious danger, but to their young, impulsive mind the danger may feel completely abstract.
- edizms 3y agoDanger is relative, that's normal in Germany.
- cs02rm0 3y agoThey listened to the carbon fibre cracking, sometimes very loudly.