For those who are unaware: A couple billionaires, a pilot, and one of the billionaires’ son are currently stuck inside an extremely tiny sub a couple thousand meters under the sea (inside of the sub with the guys above).

They were supposed to dive down to the titanic, but lost connection about halfway down. They’ve been missing for the past 48 hours, and have 2 days until the oxygen in the sub runs out. Do you think they’ll make it?

    • MashingBundle@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Wow, it’s confirmed. Honestly so grateful they had an immediate and painless death. Imagine sitting in complete darkness for 4 days waiting to suffocate.

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    1 year ago

    The 5 submariners chances of being rescued are very slim at this point but much much higher than the 500 migrants still missing off the coast of Greece who took to the waters not for a joy ride but to escape war and seek a better life.

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    1 year ago

    I think there’s a chance they succumbed to hypothermia long before they ran out of oxygen.

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    Just imagine, these idiots spend 250k to sit in a iron tube controlled by a cheap offbrand playstation controller but won’t spend any of their money to improve the world. Only satisfying their own ego and greed. I can’t feel sorry for them, best I can do is hope that they imploded so they didn’t have to suffer too long.

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      I’m not really in the business of defending billionaires but I think at least one of them, the guy who brought his son, was involved with charities:

      "He works with his family’s Dawood Foundation, as well as the SETI Institute - a California-based research organisation which searches for extra-terrestrial life.

      “Shahzada is also a supporter of two charities founded by King Charles - the British Asian Trust and the Prince’s Trust International.”

      https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65955554

      He sounds (sounded) like a good person… I do find it interesting that the other billionaires don’t have any mentions of charitable works in articles I’ve read in them.

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        Every billionaire uses charities.

        They’re a way to exert control over the money that would normally go to taxes, and be up to the government to spend.

        It’s not inherently bad, but charity is not quite the saving grace of billionaires that many make it out to be.

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    No, nor do I think they should be. There will be millions of wasted taxpayer dollars wasted on trying to recover rich people’s dead bodies. They signed a waiver and knew what they were getting into. There’s nothing to be learned from whatever happened, since the company was clearly negligent. Let them rest on the ocean floor beside the other rich assholes.

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      1 year ago

      That’s a bit harsh. If there’s anything that works in modern society pretty reliably regardless of status, it’s search and rescue. Sunk subs can also be an environmental hazard.

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        There is no rescue in this instance, only an expensive recovery. And there are enough environmental hazards in the world at this point, that I don’t think a 5m sub on the sea floor is going to matter much. Most climbers are abandoned to their fate as they made the reckless decision to ascend, just as these people made the reckless decision to descend.

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          It’s still part of S&R. Lost swimmers, ships, small planes, or just people lost in the woods, there are always attempts for recovery long after any chance of survival is gone.

          Yea climbers may be abandoned very high up on Everest, when there’s no safe way to bring them down. But subs, we do look for subs. Let’s not needlessly be dicks about it.

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          Pretty hilarious that you think a billionaire would foot the bill if they are (or their families if they’re not) rescued.

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    What a horrible way to go. Hopefully rescuers succeed.

    That being said, judging by the photo, if they are still viewing everything through a screen, what was the point going down with the submarine and not just sending a robot with a video feed?

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    I don’t like billionaires but of course I wish for their miracle survival. As unlikely as it seems.

    And if they don’t make it, I hope it was a quick and painless death for all of them…

  • Eamona6533@lemmy.world
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    This may be too soon but l/agedlikemilk. Yes, I know it doesn’t link it, yes I know it’s not reddit, hell I don’t even know if the agedlikemilk subreddit is on Lemmy, but it’s the thought that counts.