With oxygen supplies dwindling - under 24 hours’ worth remains - the next few hours are critical.

  • FeetiePJs
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    It’s also possible that the vessel is at or near the surface

    NPR has someone on that had done the trip and said there are multiple systems in place to surface the sub in an emergency, including some that happen automatically. So there’s a very good chance that they’re at the surface, but still very hard to find because it’s a 20-ft sub in a huge search area. And they’re still running out of air because the hatch must be opened from the outside.

    • pizza_rolls
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      They could also be stuck on something no? Those fail-safes assume you can float up

    • Ech
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      undefined> And they’re still running out of air because the hatch must be opened from the outside.

      That seems like a…pretty big oversight. Is that standard?