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AP News: A search is underway for missing submarine that takes people to see Titanic (apnews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by philz@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] xxxfroggyxxx@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also, I’ve seen so many Scientific deepwater vehicles that are thethered to the ship in some form. Why isn’t this thing hooked up to a cran yhat can get it back up if someone fails? I’d think passenger vessels should pass more rigurous safety standards than that.

Are they liable btw or is the “international waters” situation doing them any favor?

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 3 points 1 year ago

I seem to recall a point in that CBS video where they had to sign a waiver stating among other things that they acknowledged it was an experimental vessel that is not certified by or approved any regulatory agency, so, yeah. I don't know that I'd count on there being rigorous safely standards in that case