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Tourist sub taking groups to look at Titanic wreckage goes missing
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Yeah, floating to the surface and bobbing around bolted inside a tank to die wouldn't rate high on my best ways to die list.
Briefing at 1500 EDT:
https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Rel...-hold-press-briefing-to-discuss-rov-findings/
https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Rel...-hold-press-briefing-to-discuss-rov-findings/
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MH370 search team 'joins hunt for Titanic submarine': Deep ocean recovery specialists brought in by Malaysia to find missing jet 'aid rescue bid'
A search team involved in the hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is now helping in the desperate race to locate the Titan submersible, according to reports.
The company - Phoenix International Deep Ocean Search and Recovery - specializes in underwater rescue and salvage orations.
On its website, it boasts of being 'well versed in conducting worldwide underwater projects with a wide range of subsea systems' having been involved in the search for MH370, which vanished into the abyss in 2014 with 239 people on board.
The full wreckage has never been found.
Now, according to German tabloid Bild, Phoenix International has joined a multinational mission to find the missing Titan submersible after its five-man crew lost contact with its mother ship on Sunday on a dive to the wreck of the Titanic.
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A search team involved in the hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is now helping in the desperate race to locate the Titan submersible, according to reports.
The company - Phoenix International Deep Ocean Search and Recovery - specializes in underwater rescue and salvage orations.
On its website, it boasts of being 'well versed in conducting worldwide underwater projects with a wide range of subsea systems' having been involved in the search for MH370, which vanished into the abyss in 2014 with 239 people on board.
The full wreckage has never been found.
Now, according to German tabloid Bild, Phoenix International has joined a multinational mission to find the missing Titan submersible after its five-man crew lost contact with its mother ship on Sunday on a dive to the wreck of the Titanic.
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'Debris field' discovered in search for Titanic sub contains its 'rear cover and landing frame' which indicates 'catastrophic implosion', say experts
The landing frame and rear cover of the missing Titan submersible have been discovered on the ocean floor, according to experts involved in the search, who say it points to the vessel suffering a 'catastrophic implosion' that will have claimed all five of the lives on board.
The US Coast Guard announced on Twitter that the 'debris field' had been found on Thursday. They are yet to confirm what was found, but Richard Garriott, President of the Explorers' Club, tells DailyMail.com his understanding from the teams involved in the search is that those items were found.
It would mean the sub suffered a crack and imploded, killing all five men on board instantly.
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The landing frame and rear cover of the missing Titan submersible have been discovered on the ocean floor, according to experts involved in the search, who say it points to the vessel suffering a 'catastrophic implosion' that will have claimed all five of the lives on board.
The US Coast Guard announced on Twitter that the 'debris field' had been found on Thursday. They are yet to confirm what was found, but Richard Garriott, President of the Explorers' Club, tells DailyMail.com his understanding from the teams involved in the search is that those items were found.
It would mean the sub suffered a crack and imploded, killing all five men on board instantly.
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That's a dicey operation. You don't want to get the ROV tether tangled with the navy cable. It'll take the "best of the best" to pull that off. *RESPECT*
I believe I read that the view port was certified to 1,300 meters. Titanic is something like 3,800 meters. That doesn't mean the view port will fail as soon as you go below 1,300 meters - but it does mean that it will likely eventually fail if the submersible continually violates that constraint. I think this was the twelfth trip down to Titanic.
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I think they were a bit premature in that post.
I was hoping for a recovery as one of the vessels had a knuckleboom crane that I probably worked with the designers of.
I worked on cranes good for lifting 250mt at 3000 m but none of them were close enough to bring in.
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Inside the mind of thrill-seeking billionaires: The rich are turning to Titanic tours and space exploration because financial safety has made their lives 'mundane', says top psychologist
People who are financially secure and well-off might seek risk in other places. Psychologist Dr Scott Lyons said the high of thrill-seeking is like drug-taking.
The Titanic submersible tragedy has shone a light on a growing trend among the world's wealthiest people — extreme tourism.
When photos emerged of the claustrophobic interior of the 22ft submersible that has no chairs and Ziploc bags for toilets, the world was shocked to learn its five crew members paid $250,000 a head for a ticket.
But Dr Scott Lyons, a psychologist whose clients include some of the world's wealthiest people, told DailyMail.com that new technologies have made it possible for rich people to chase increasingly dangerous thrills.
Jetting into space, exploring the depths of the ocean and skydiving from Mount Everest come with a hefty price tag that can only be afforded by the top earners.
Dr Lyons said the rich seek a 'sense of aliveness,' as there will be 'safety in parts of their life like finances, so they might seek the thrill and the risk in other places.'
The uber-wealthy may also naturally be risk-takers, which may be partly why they rose to success in the first place.
According to Grand View Research, the global adventure tourism industry is predicted to expand from $322 billion in 2022 to more than $1 trillion in 2023 as more firms seek to expand their offerings to daredevil tourists.
Dr Lyons said: 'People will do more thrill-seeking if they're susceptible to boredom. As you get more extravagant in life, things become less exciting. You're looking for the novelties of life as things become so available to you.'
The adventures offer a 'sense of aliveness,' he said. 'If there's safety in some parts of their life like finances, where it doesn't feel so risky, they might seek the thrill and the risk in other places.'
He added: 'Sensation seeking also comes with people who desire pain relief or avoidance. And it gives us a sense of power in the moment.'
The crew of the missing Titan submersible includes British billionaire Hamish Harding, with a net worth of $1 billion, who made his fortune selling private jets and holds three Guinness world records for past extreme trips.
Also on board are British-based Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, 48, and his 19-year-old son Suleman.
The Dawood family are among the richest in Pakistan, but have strong links to the UK and Shahzada lives in a six-bedroom $4.2 (£3.3million) house in Surbiton, Surrey, with wife Christine, who works as a life coach, son Suleman and daughter Alina.
OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush is also believed to be onboard, who has an estimated net worth of $12 million, as is French Navy veteran Paul-Henri Nargeolet, worth $1.5 billion.
There is a potent physiological mechanism behind thrill-seeking, Dr Lyons explained.
'It starts with a part of the brain called the amygdala, which assesses negative consequences, and essentially turns on a cascade of hormones, like dopamine, testosterone, norepinephrine, adrenaline and serotonin,' he said.
'There's a whole cocktail of hormones that get released and offers pain relief or endorphins, avoidance, and, momentarily, this sense of power, raising us above that threshold of numbness or boredom.'
The feeling is similar to if someone were to go on a run for over three miles, Dr Lyons said. It is also comparable to drug taking.
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People who are financially secure and well-off might seek risk in other places. Psychologist Dr Scott Lyons said the high of thrill-seeking is like drug-taking.
The Titanic submersible tragedy has shone a light on a growing trend among the world's wealthiest people — extreme tourism.
When photos emerged of the claustrophobic interior of the 22ft submersible that has no chairs and Ziploc bags for toilets, the world was shocked to learn its five crew members paid $250,000 a head for a ticket.
But Dr Scott Lyons, a psychologist whose clients include some of the world's wealthiest people, told DailyMail.com that new technologies have made it possible for rich people to chase increasingly dangerous thrills.
Jetting into space, exploring the depths of the ocean and skydiving from Mount Everest come with a hefty price tag that can only be afforded by the top earners.
Dr Lyons said the rich seek a 'sense of aliveness,' as there will be 'safety in parts of their life like finances, so they might seek the thrill and the risk in other places.'
The uber-wealthy may also naturally be risk-takers, which may be partly why they rose to success in the first place.
According to Grand View Research, the global adventure tourism industry is predicted to expand from $322 billion in 2022 to more than $1 trillion in 2023 as more firms seek to expand their offerings to daredevil tourists.
Dr Lyons said: 'People will do more thrill-seeking if they're susceptible to boredom. As you get more extravagant in life, things become less exciting. You're looking for the novelties of life as things become so available to you.'
The adventures offer a 'sense of aliveness,' he said. 'If there's safety in some parts of their life like finances, where it doesn't feel so risky, they might seek the thrill and the risk in other places.'
He added: 'Sensation seeking also comes with people who desire pain relief or avoidance. And it gives us a sense of power in the moment.'
The crew of the missing Titan submersible includes British billionaire Hamish Harding, with a net worth of $1 billion, who made his fortune selling private jets and holds three Guinness world records for past extreme trips.
Also on board are British-based Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, 48, and his 19-year-old son Suleman.
The Dawood family are among the richest in Pakistan, but have strong links to the UK and Shahzada lives in a six-bedroom $4.2 (£3.3million) house in Surbiton, Surrey, with wife Christine, who works as a life coach, son Suleman and daughter Alina.
OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush is also believed to be onboard, who has an estimated net worth of $12 million, as is French Navy veteran Paul-Henri Nargeolet, worth $1.5 billion.
There is a potent physiological mechanism behind thrill-seeking, Dr Lyons explained.
'It starts with a part of the brain called the amygdala, which assesses negative consequences, and essentially turns on a cascade of hormones, like dopamine, testosterone, norepinephrine, adrenaline and serotonin,' he said.
'There's a whole cocktail of hormones that get released and offers pain relief or endorphins, avoidance, and, momentarily, this sense of power, raising us above that threshold of numbness or boredom.'
The feeling is similar to if someone were to go on a run for over three miles, Dr Lyons said. It is also comparable to drug taking.
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1,600 ft off the bow of the Titanic, and it imploded in the water column - possibly when they lost comms. DAMN IT! This really hits home for me...
Who writes the stuff for the Simpsons???
Originally airing in 2006, Season 17’s 10th episode, titled “Homer’s Paternity Coot,”
It may not be directly related content but damn!!!
Originally airing in 2006, Season 17’s 10th episode, titled “Homer’s Paternity Coot,”
It may not be directly related content but damn!!!
after the loss of life, the second biggest tragedy in this situation is that the negligent CEO didn't live to witness the consequences of his hubris.
