I just heard some sort of expert on the radio down under (excuse the Pun). He stated that the reported banging every half hour would only be heard if the capsule was made of steel but with a combination of Carbon Fibre and Titanium you may as well bang your head on a wooden log (his words) also they are starting to discover Carbon Fibre can deteriate and develop stress cracks under water especially going through pressure cycles. Also the main observation window was not designed for such depths, this was highlighted by the safety officer and because of his insistance he was sacked.
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The banging noises were simply from other ships in the area, but the doomed sub did have titanium end caps so they indeed had something to bag on if that was the case.
The wikipedia page is an eye opener
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OceanGate#Titan Yes the negligence displayed here is astounding. Worse than i imagined. I expect this to result in plenty of litigation, finger pointing, fines, new international regulations, criminal charges and certainly bankruptcy.
The U.S Navy detected the implosion when it happened on Sunday and didn't publicly say anything. They probably didn't want to expose their Top Secret listening capabilities.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-navy-detected-titan-sub-implosion-days-ago-6844cb12https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65994405 While they picked up the sound that lead them to believe it imploded or exploded several days ago, I'd also think they would want to confirm a debris field to support such an event and they wanted to notify all the family members before making a public announcement. While they had the sound evidence, they needed a physical verification. That seems to be normal protocol.
Frankly, why are we all concerned about a handful of people so rich they could pay the equivalent of a house to go on a tourist trip while a ship of 700 sunk off the Greek coast killing hundreds fleeing the political oppression of their authoritarian governments.
