Anne1962 told me on FB that the focus is most likely "the drama" - people like drama more than pain is what she said. She's not wrong. And it is dramatic.
Apparently in another article that shipperx read - one of the scientists quit after informing the owners of the company that there was no way the submersible could go down as far as the Titantic.
Here's what the BBC article in Guardian stated: "If the Titan is on the seabed and can't get back up under its own power, the options are very limited, according to Prof Greig.
"If it is deeper than more than 200m (656ft) there are very few vessels that can get that deep, and certainly not divers. The vehicles designed for navy submarine rescue certainly can't get down to anywhere near the depth of the Titanic."
But ocean recovery expert David Mearns says that if an ROV can locate the Titan then it should be able to recover it. "A world-class ROV with twin manipulators can actually grab hold of [the Titan] or attach a lift line to it and slowly haul it to the surface," he adds. Graphic showing the Titanic wreck is 3,800m below sea level way below the 40m a recreational diver can descend to or even the 300m operational depth of a Vanguard submarine."
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Apparently in another article that shipperx read - one of the scientists quit after informing the owners of the company that there was no way the submersible could go down as far as the Titantic.
Here's what the BBC article in Guardian stated: "If the Titan is on the seabed and can't get back up under its own power, the options are very limited, according to Prof Greig.
"If it is deeper than more than 200m (656ft) there are very few vessels that can get that deep, and certainly not divers. The vehicles designed for navy submarine rescue certainly can't get down to anywhere near the depth of the Titanic."
But ocean recovery expert David Mearns says that if an ROV can locate the Titan then it should be able to recover it. "A world-class ROV with twin manipulators can actually grab hold of [the Titan] or attach a lift line to it and slowly haul it to the surface," he adds.
Graphic showing the Titanic wreck is 3,800m below sea level way below the 40m a recreational diver can descend to or even the 300m operational depth of a Vanguard submarine."