expedition is an eerie echo of the anxious wait the world experienced 111 years ago, on April 15, 1912, when an accident on the Titanic was known, but not if all aboard were saved or all lost.it is presumed all five passengers have diedThe recreational deep-sea exploration industry is not presently required to meet any internationally recognized safety standards.
Like other specialized fields of exploration, such as space tourism, deep-sea exploration tourism comes with many acute and even life-threatening risks. But unlike space tourism , deep-sea tourism lacks even minimal standards of safety.This needs to change. All subs carrying fare-paying passengers need to pass certain stringent safety standards.
But how many of us have “signed our lives away” when committing to do fun and adventurous things? Everything from sky-diving to motor-racing requires this kind of legal waiver. But the difference is that these industries are regulated to a high degree and are required to meet certain safety standards, whereas the recreational deep sea exploration industry is not presently required to meet any internationally recognized safety standards.
We, too, had desperately hoped that they and the rest of the crew would be rescued. But with the final hours of known oxygen supply running out, our hope became ever more desperate.