6月20日失蹤的“泰坦號”深海潛艇被證實已經發(fā)生爆發(fā),潛艇內五人全遇難。他們的目的是參觀“泰坦尼克號”的殘骸。
對于資深探險家、英國億萬富翁哈米什·哈丁而言,這次到海底參觀全球最著名的船舶殘骸的旅程,將是人生最后一次探險。運送這些參觀者的潛艇卻出現(xiàn)了問題。 以往的報道顯示,“泰坦號”潛艇的服役過程并不順利。
例如,BBC引用了2022年參加過一次下潛的乘客的話。這位乘客表示“泰坦號”潛艇抵達海底后,推進器出現(xiàn)了問題。
據報道,潛水艇駕駛員斯科特·格里菲斯當時喊叫:“不好,我們出現(xiàn)了問題?!?
潛水艇的一個推進器產生了向后而不是向前的推力,這意味著潛水艇只能原地打轉。駕駛員通過將操控潛水艇的控制器調到相反方向,解決了這個問題。它所使用的控制器是一臺經過改造的Logitech F710視頻游戲控制器。
去年參加過旅行的一位CBS記者的經歷是,由于浮標從發(fā)射平臺上滑落,一次試潛被取消。在正式下潛后,潛水艇與水面船只的通訊被中斷,導致潛水艇未能找到“泰坦尼克號”。(水面船只應負責通過文字信息,引導潛水艇前往“泰坦尼克號”殘骸的所在地。)
乘客錫瑞尼克·保爾多塔表示:“我們迷路了。我們迷路了兩個半小時?!?/p>
參與此次旅程的CBS記者大衛(wèi)·波格形容這艘潛水艇“制作粗糙,偷工減料,用建筑管材做載壓水艙?!?/p>
海洋之門探險公司(OceanGate Expeditions)CEO斯托克頓·拉什卻反駁這種觀點稱:“有一些事情必須說清楚。潛艇是我們與波音(Boeing)、NASA和華盛頓大學(University of Washington)合作的成果,并不是粗制濫造的產物。即使出現(xiàn)其他任何故障,例如推進器失靈、照明系統(tǒng)故障等,你依舊是安全的?!笔聦嵑莺荽蛄怂哪槨#ㄘ敻恢形木W)
譯者:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
6月20日失蹤的“泰坦號”深海潛艇被證實已經發(fā)生爆發(fā),潛艇內五人全遇難。他們的目的是參觀“泰坦尼克號”的殘骸。
對于資深探險家、英國億萬富翁哈米什·哈丁而言,這次到海底參觀全球最著名的船舶殘骸的旅程,將是人生最后一次探險。運送這些參觀者的潛艇卻出現(xiàn)了問題。 以往的報道顯示,“泰坦號”潛艇的服役過程并不順利。
例如,BBC引用了2022年參加過一次下潛的乘客的話。這位乘客表示“泰坦號”潛艇抵達海底后,推進器出現(xiàn)了問題。
據報道,潛水艇駕駛員斯科特·格里菲斯當時喊叫:“不好,我們出現(xiàn)了問題?!?
潛水艇的一個推進器產生了向后而不是向前的推力,這意味著潛水艇只能原地打轉。駕駛員通過將操控潛水艇的控制器調到相反方向,解決了這個問題。它所使用的控制器是一臺經過改造的Logitech F710視頻游戲控制器。
去年參加過旅行的一位CBS記者的經歷是,由于浮標從發(fā)射平臺上滑落,一次試潛被取消。在正式下潛后,潛水艇與水面船只的通訊被中斷,導致潛水艇未能找到“泰坦尼克號”。(水面船只應負責通過文字信息,引導潛水艇前往“泰坦尼克號”殘骸的所在地。)
乘客錫瑞尼克·保爾多塔表示:“我們迷路了。我們迷路了兩個半小時?!?/p>
參與此次旅程的CBS記者大衛(wèi)·波格形容這艘潛水艇“制作粗糙,偷工減料,用建筑管材做載壓水艙。”
海洋之門探險公司(OceanGate Expeditions)CEO斯托克頓·拉什卻反駁這種觀點稱:“有一些事情必須說清楚。潛艇是我們與波音(Boeing)、NASA和華盛頓大學(University of Washington)合作的成果,并不是粗制濫造的產物。即使出現(xiàn)其他任何故障,例如推進器失靈、照明系統(tǒng)故障等,你依舊是安全的?!笔聦嵑莺荽蛄怂哪槨#ㄘ敻恢形木W)
譯者:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
Rescuers are racing to find the Titan, a deep-sea vessel that went missing on June 20 as it carried five people to see the remains of the Titanic, but time is growing short.
The trip to the bottom of the ocean to see the world’s most famous shipwreck might be the adventure of a lifetime—even for the serial adventurer along for the ride, U.K. billionaire Hamish Harding—but questions are being raised about the craft that takes people to it. The Titan has never had an incident nearly as serious as the current one, but past reports about it show a history of rough waters.
The BBC, for example, quotes passengers from a 2022 dive, talking about problems with the Titan’s thrusters when they reached the ocean floor.
“Oh no. We have a problem,” submersible pilot Scott Griffith reportedly said.
One of the vehicle’s thrusters was thrusting backward instead of forward, which temporarily meant the craft could only rotate in a circle. The issue was resolved by holding the controller that steers the vessel—a modified Logitech F710 video game controller—in the opposite direction.
A CBS correspondent who made the journey last year saw one attempt scrubbed when a float came off the launch platform. And when the dive actually took place, communications between the sub and the surface ship broke down, resulting in the sub never finding the Titanic. (The ship is supposed to guide the sub to the shipwreck via text messages.)
“We were lost,” said passenger Shrenik Baldota. “We were lost for two and a half hours.”
David Pogue, the CBS reporter who went along on the journey, described the submersible as having “some elements of MacGyver jerry-riggedness. I mean, you’re putting construction pipes as ballast.”
OceanGate Expeditions CEO Stockton Rush pushed back on that description, saying “there are certain things that you want to be buttoned down. The pressure vessel is not MacGyver at all, because that’s where we worked with Boeing and NASA and the University of Washington. Everything else can fail, your thrusters can go, your lights can go. You’re still going to be safe.”