• Kabe@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    While I generally agree, I think people are getting too hung up on the fact that the missing crew are all wealthy - that’s not really the point.

    It’s a fascinating story because we are dealing with a potential (albeit at this stage incredibly unlikely) deep-sea rescue of the sort that has never been attempted before, at depths that only a handful of craft are capable of even reaching, and we know that time is quickly running out.

    Then you have the angle that the company that runs the expeditions is alleged to have ignored early safety warnings about the vessel’s ability to reach the extreme depths as advertized, combined with the CEO’s application of the “move fast and break things” technocratic mentality to deep sea exploration.

    Even if the occupants of the submersible were regular joes, or even (at the risk of sounding crass) refugees, it would still be a attention-grabbing news item.

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      1 year ago

      There is some sense of, I feel like justice isn’t the right word, irony? that the pilot is the founder and CEO. Since his mentality may be the reason for his demise.

      Sucks that 4 others are likely to lose their lives too, but they ultimately signed the waiver and assumed the risk. Just a crazy and tragic situation.