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Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search (www.bbc.com)
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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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[–] FloatingAlong@beehaw.org 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jesus Christ, in reading about this, I had been imagining a sleek, high-tech marvel of engineering.

That thing is a slapped-together mess.

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pretty sure the middle is just PVC pipe from the mix-and-match pipe aisle at Home Depot.

[–] darkmuggle@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I would pay $250k to go down in a sub with parts sourced from home Depot /s