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James Cameron says the Titan passengers probably knew the submersible was in trouble (www.npr.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The Titanic director has made 33 dives to the shipwreck and visited ocean depths in a submersible he built himself. He compares OceanGate to the Titanic in that both ignored safety warnings.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (20 children)

feels like they probably knew that in their heart the moment they see the $30 Logitech controller...

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (11 children)

I know the controller seems corny, but it turns out that even the US Navy have used Xbox controllers.

The real red flags here were the carbon fiber hull and the fact that the Titan wasn't even certified or properly tested to ensure it could survive the stress of repeated dives to such extreme depths.

It's kinda insane that OceanGate got away with taking paying tourists down in that thing for as long as they did.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

To be fair the Xbox controllers are probably more reliable.

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