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Submersible used to take tourists to view wreck of Titanic goes missing in Atlantic Ocean, sparking search and rescue mission.

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[–] DulceMaria@kbin.social 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wow - those tourists paid $250,000 to be on that submersible.

[–] BananaTrifleViolin@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It reads like there are no tourists on this trip, just crew. Or the firm is cruel in only caring about retrieving the crew.

[–] Devi@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

I felt like they were calling the passengers crew as like, an umbrella term? The one guy I've seen named is a tech billionaire.

[–] Gargleblaster@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It reads like this 'tragedy' is marketing to other people that have a quarter million dollars for a submarine ride.

[–] aegisgfx877@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Hopefully this incident kills the entire notion of extreme vacationing.. but it probably wont