New evidence strongly suggests that OceanGate’s submersible, which imploded and killed all passengers on its way to the Titanic wreck, was unfit for the journey. The CEO, Stockton Rush, bought discounted carbon fiber past its shelf life from Boeing, which experts say is a terrible choice for a deep-sea vessel. This likely played a role in the submersible’s tragic demise.

  • zip@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    the screen was mounted by screws into the carbon fiber. fuckin’ what!?

    • zen_symian@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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      1 year ago

      what’s wrong?

      Don’t you drill holes into the fibers of the carbon-fiber therefore rupturing the fibers and negating all the tensile strength of the material?

      are you stupid? everybody does it…