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arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTitanic tourist submersible goes missing with search under waywww.bbc.comLaxaria@beehaw.org to World News@beehaw.org · 1 year agomessage-square23fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarePigeon@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoCan they not open a hatch if it’s on the surface? Water would be a problem still, but not suffocation, if so.
minus-squareStringTheory@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoNope. 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.
Can they not open a hatch if it’s on the surface?
Water would be a problem still, but not suffocation, if so.
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.