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?
It’s astonishing to me that they wouldn’t have an emergency beacon on a marine vessel that will kill it’s occupants if not unsealed in time.
It’s not like a beacon would be that expensive.
And why wasn’t there an independently powered ballast ditching system? Like an emergency button to quickly surface?
With the known unsafe culture of the company, and these obvious oversights, it’s amazing this didn’t happen sooner.
I wouldn’t even be surprised if the emergency air was somehow compromised in order to save a couple dollars.
OceanGate is just as doomed as their CEO.