submersible missing near the Titanic

[Imzadi]

Weren't all the pieces covered to help preserve them? I knew a cop whose car was wrecked on duty. Not his fault and he was fine but the wreckage was covered on a flat-bed truck, probably to keep the lookie loos from speculating about what happened.

This wasn't while being put away on the deck of the ship, but on being hoisted up out of the water. Some of the other wreckage might have had a small covering over the top, but the news anchor made a point of pointing out how the window port, or whatever it's called, had a tarp covering almost all of it from view. Like maybe there were blood spatters over it or some areas smashed in, like a car windshield, where you can see the impact point where a head went through. Maybe the crew was being mindful that the families would see the wreckage coming up, and never be able to get that out of their minds.

 

[Imzadi]

I saw that the US Coast Guard will lead the investigation...

I was surprised by how big some of the pieces of the wreckage were. I feel for the families for sure, but the more interviews I see of the CEO, the more he reminds me of an Elizabeth Holmes type. Not just confident....cocky, and that same "fake it til you make it" feel.

I was watching a news show on News Nation the other day with one of ABC news's main expert lawyer consultants. He said it may be really hard to prosecute anyone as it's unclear who has jurisdiction. The OceanGate headquarters is located in Washington state, yet the submersible was registered in the Bahamas, the ship that took them to the dive site was a Canadian ship, and the submersible imploded in international waters.

To me, the big Elizabeth Holmes flag is WHY did the submersible need to be registered in the Bahamas? Because it wouldn't have passed any certifications or inspections in the U.S or Canada?

BTW, while the five men signed the usual liability waivers saying the victims and families can't sue in the case of injury or death, even if negligence is found, that is only under a "normal" amount of negligence. If a gross amount of negligence is detected, then yes, the families may have a case. But, again, the submersible was registered in the Bahamas, maybe to deal with any jurisdiction issues if it was later found there is gross negligence.

 

[Imzadi]

Weren't all the pieces covered to help preserve them? I knew a cop whose car was wrecked on duty. Not his fault and he was fine but the wreckage was covered on a flat-bed truck, probably to keep the lookie loos from speculating about what happened.

I stand corrected, the video of them lifting up the pieces was shown again. There were tarps loosely covering the other pieces, just not as fully as the window piece. So the camera person was able to catch the sides which the tarp was not covering the other pieces.

The only consolation for the families, so far, (aside from finding some human remains,) is that enough of the wreckage is intact that they definitely know it IS the Titan, and not that it may still be lost somewhere down at the bottom of the ocean and all of this was just a guess by the coast guard & navy as to what happened to them.

 

[Karin1984]

Too soon...

https://nypost.com/2023/07/04/georg...n-disaster-themed-sign-our-subs-dont-implode/