Yah. A lot of things could have been done. I would think blowing the
hatch below some arbitrary depth would pretty much be instant death.
bp
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On 6/21/2023 4:32 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
What a horror show. There were so many ways they could have improved
their chances at survival. Supposedly dissolvable straps should have
dropped sand ballast by now. They had a way to mechanically drop
steel ballast. And a inflatable bladder.
Why not a power and comm tether to the mother ship? I realize it is
12,500' of cable but fiber optics are pretty much neutrally buoyant.
But no underwater pinger. No ELT. How about a sat tel or VHF radio.
Some kind of way to talk to the world. No high pressure air to blow
tanks. I would have wanted explosive bolts on the hatch if there was
no other way to get out. But why not some kind of fresh air intake
assuming you could surface. This haunts my sleep.
-----Original Message----- From: Bill Prince
Tryin' to get my ass outa this cramped submarine.
bp
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On 6/21/2023 3:10 PM, Steve Jones wrote:
Errbody dead?
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