[nonrepeating]

One can take comfort from this in a perverse way. The failure of the submersible was entirely predictable and should surprise no one. The alternative would be more troubling.

[JKCalhoun]

And perhaps like the Tacoma Narrows bridge it will end up being a cautionary tale for future engineers.

[throwway120385]

The kinds of people who make these stupid decisions are never the same people who actually learn lessons the easy way like you're proposing.

[tivert]

> The kinds of people who make these stupid decisions are never the same people who actually learn lessons the easy way like you're proposing.

It's quite possible it could lead to new regulations that would make similar stupid decisions illegal.

It might be time, it sounds like the whole human-occupied submersible industry is entirely unregulated.

[Arrath]

This case was kind of the exception that proves the rule, beyond the 4 others caught in it.