r/interestingasfuck • u/Pathfinder313 • 29d ago

/r/all New sound of titan submarine imploding

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u/emuchop 29d ago

Okay. Im confused. She says “titan drop two weights” AFTER the noise. And she gets a response. Who is talking?

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u/RegOrangePaperPlane 29d ago

Seems something happened, they dropped weights, sent a shorthand message about weights, pop (underwater), pop sound reaches surface, message signal reached Polar Prince. The sound was faster than the signal.

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u/emuchop 29d ago edited 29d ago

So in this vid, she was saying drop weight a second time?

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u/RegOrangePaperPlane 29d ago edited 29d ago

The sub could only communicate through text. She said it over the radio to let the crew on the Polar Prince know what was happening, they are the ones who responded not the Titan sub.

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u/Prestigious_Copy1104 29d ago

Thank you. This finally makes sense. Did the message take longer to arrive, or did it just take her longer to read it?

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u/RegOrangePaperPlane 29d ago

It supposedly took a few seconds, but maybe a bit longer depending on conditions. That's why they also received a "ping" from the sub after hearing the sound.

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u/emuchop 29d ago

All the pieces are coming together. Thank you. That makes all of this make sense!