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Why is it so hard to find the lost Titanic tourism submarine? (feddit.de)
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[โ€“] HoagieBoy@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There has to be a solution that would have allowed them to send a buoy up to transmit a mayday and coordinates like some life boats do. This would help the rescue teams to narrow the search grid. I wouldn't have gone down in that thing, but if I WAS, I would at least feel better with something like that.

[โ€“] SHITPOSTING_ACCOUNT@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

A beacon should work as I described in a separate response. A buoy could work too, but the buoy a) would need to be designed to float up from 4 km and still be functional at the surface b) the sub doesn't necessarily know where it is below the ocean. GPS doesn't work down there!