[jaimex2]

Everything is an accident waiting to happen. That's what an accident is.

Driving to work, that's an accident waiting to happen. Consider all the poorly signed roads, drivers of various states of sobriety and rage.

The sub was in use for years, they did well to engineer within their budget. There's always someone pointing out something wrong, nothing would get done if you actioned every single 'concern'

[mcpackieh]

> There's always someone pointing out something wrong, nothing would get done if you actioned every single 'concern'

> someone [...] single concern

"That spring, more than three dozen industry experts sent a letter to OceanGate, expressing their “unanimous concern” about its upcoming Titanic expedition—for which it had already sold places."

More than three dozen someones. More than three dozen concerns.

[croes]

You do know that phrases like that are used when the chance of an accident is considered pretty high?

Language also has a subtext that expresses more than just what the words mean.

[mvdtnz]

Hey man just letting you know in case you missed it, but this submarine catastrophically failed, killing 5 people. For this reason, I think it's a good idea to consider the reasons people called out concerns about its safety instead of brushing them off. That's just my opinion, though.

[curtis3389]

The ghost of Stockton Rush is posting in HN!

[eternityforest]

The FAA seems to action a lot of concerns... And stuff does get done, planes improve all the time, and it's very safe.

Perhaps this wouldn't have been possible on their budget... But I think I'd rather have no sub than a sub full of dead people.

[andreskytt]

Read Nancy Levesons work on system safety and you’ll see things are not necessarily so

[ornornor]

Negligence and contempt plays a big part in the odds though.