Rescuers are searching for a submersible used to take tourists and experts to view the famous shipwreck.
  • StringTheory@beehaw.org
    5·
    1 year ago

    I think I’d rather implode and go instantly, than be floating on the surface for 4 days and unable to get out while slowly suffocating.

    Neither is my idea of a good time…

    • Pigeon@beehaw.org
      2·
      1 year ago

      Can they not open a hatch if it’s on the surface?

      Water would be a problem still, but not suffocation, if so.

      • StringTheory@beehaw.orgEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        Nope. The hatch is bolted from the outside. They can’t do anything from the inside and are utterly dependent on someone outside with a power socket wrench to unscrew each of the 17 bolts holding the hatch on.

        There are some design flaws with this thing.