Search and rescue operation enters critical fourth full day, with five more ships deployed to locate and retrieve the lost submersible. Find out more at 🚀 engineering interestingengineering
Victor 6000 arrived on the French research vessel L’Atalante.Victor 6000 is connected to the French vessel via an 26,246 foot-long cable that provides it with electrical power. There is no limit to the duration for which Victor 6000 can dive, and it comes equipped with arms that can conduct manipulations to help release a stranded vessel."There is really no way to get oxygen into it at that depth.
It’s a small space to confine five people in, and one can only imagine the impact humidity, limited oxygen, and dropping temperature will have on the people inside.It’s come to light that major concerns have been raised about the submersible in the last couple of years.reported yesterday on how a former employee at OceanGate was fired after he sounded the alarm over what he felt were safety flaws in the sub.
Dr. Ledez said, “As levels of carbon dioxide build-up, then it becomes sedative, it becomes like an anesthetic gas, and you will go to sleep." Lengthy exposure will eventually use up the body's stored energy, leading to lower body temperature. This could impact the passengers’ ability to attract the attention of the rescuers by banging on the hull, etc.In May, OceanGate released a picture of the Titan sub, amid preparations of their third mission to the Titantic wreck in June.Dr. Ledez added, "If anybody can survive in it, you know, it's these individuals.
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