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Titanic tourist submersible goes missing with search under way(www.bbc.com)

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Pigeon@beehaw.org
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Can they not open a hatch if it’s on the surface?

Water would be a problem still, but not suffocation, if so.

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StringTheory@beehaw.org
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Nope. The hatch is bolted from the outside. They can’t do anything from the inside and are utterly dependent on someone outside with a power socket wrench to unscrew each of the 17 bolts holding the hatch on.

There are some design flaws with this thing.

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EeeDawg101@beehaw.org
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Ohh fuck that! That would be awful. :(

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neuropean@kbin.social
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Nope, the ends are bolted on from the outside before they depart.

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