Oceangate

For anyone from the future:
Prior to this point everything is in the Random News Articles thread

p.s. In the future do people still think it’s a good idea to make submarines out of carbon fibre in your garage?

Wish the yanks would stop saying “Boo-e”

Disappointed that wasn't a flavor flav clip.

Yeah boo-eee

How long till the 'based on the true story' film comes out?

Just as well this isn't a political scandal otherwise it would be Oceangategate which makes about much sense as adding "gate" to everything.

Clearly it is the Titanic itself that is cursed.

Just like Cool Runnings

*takes off hat

Presumably a few families, and anyone considering taking tourists on a deep sea ride in the foreseeable future.

Of all the things to get obsessed about - and I’m someone with a deeply unhealthy Pokémon problem - the Titanic is the most troubling.

The smart money was always on catastrophic implosion.

Logitech breathes a sigh of relief, but not before their stock absolutely tanked yesterday. It took great effort to avoid all the possible pun combinations on that one.

Sounds, literally, like they died on the way down.

I dunno.

I've done stuff like bungee jumping, skydiving, rafting etc... and you usually have to sign those kinds of things.

I'm not sure if you ever fully understand the risks, but you accept that there is some level of risk if you want to do any of these kinds of things.

I'd imagine the risk of climbing Mt Everest is probably higher, but lots of people seem willing to do that every year. (average over 6 deaths per year, this year is over 10 already)

The company's approach seems rather dodgy, but at least one passenger was a respected expert who'd diving down to the titanic 30+ times, so I guess it wasn't completely obvious that it was flawed. And of course it's always easier to say in hindsight.

I feel sorry for the 19 year old kid who went with his dad.

At least implosion would have been pretty much instantaneous.

The other owner of the company is still ploughing the “You can’t innovate inside a regulatory framework” line.

Yes you can.
You get it tested under the current rules and prove that it’s as safe or safer than conventional designs. Simple.