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AP News: A search is underway for missing submarine that takes people to see Titanic

apnews.com Deep-sea craft carrying 5 people to Titanic wreckage reported missing, search underway

A search is underway for a missing submersible that carries people to view the wreckage of the Titanic. Canadian officials say the five-person submersible was reported overdue Sunday night about 435 miles south of St. John's, Newfoundland. The search is being led by the U.S. Coast Guard. The owner o...

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CBS dude rode on it and did an interview with the owner.
So many red flags.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29co_Hksk6o&feature=youtu.be
- Built with shit from Home Depot, controlled with a literal Logitech game controller, construction pipes as ballast... holy fuck, why would anybody agree to go 3.7km below the surface of the ocean in that deathtrap?
  
  Imagine paying $250k and the pilot pulls out the player 2 controller
  
  Those Logitech controllers are actually pretty decent. I've had one for ages and it's still going strong.
  
  And it's easily replaceable in case of failure. Of all the design shortcuts this one isn't bad.
- Wow, that is super sketchy. Now I am not at all surprised this happened. Hope that company has a shit ton of insurance.
  
  There was a conspiracy that the original titanic going down was an insurance scam.
  
  It's not a great theory. I'm pretty sure it would have made more money transporting passengers hundreds of times over
  
  An easily disproved one too, as the sister ships weren’t actually identical. Also the recent scan on the ship revealed the hull number 401 on one of the propellers putting another nail in the coffin of the idea the ship is actually the Olympic.
  
  Oh i hate that stupid theory. That's like top tier "looking for a conspiracy because we've got nothing better to do"

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