[efitz]

> It is unwise, in the course of a search and rescue operation, to report that you think the vessel was irrecoverably lost.

I made this point several times on social media during the Titan incident but it fell on deaf ears; it seemed crazy to me that people were accusing the US Navy of some nefarious cover-up regarding possible acoustic detection of implosion.

Anyone who’s ever worked with any type of signal analysis would be aware of the huge uncertainty involved; the idea that we could positively identify the specific destruction of the Titan remotely was ludicrous on its face.

That aside, even if the Navy was 100% certain, would you want the search for your loved ones called off because someone heard a noise? Of course not. You search for people missing at sea until you find them or until the point where any reasonable hope of finding them is gone. That applies to billionaires as well as anyone else.

[autokad]

I'd rather the Navy be pretty sure they were dead and tell me, instead of keeping it to themselves just because they might be wrong. No one was saying don't look, people were annoyed they pretended they knew nothing when they where 99% sure the sub imploded.

[Exoristos]

Everyone was 99% sure. The Navy was just being discreet and staying committed to the search, which no doubt is protocol.

[xattt]

I thought the timing of the announcement was interesting. The implosion was not confirmed until the last few hours of the oxygen countdown media frenzy.

[0xfae]

The oxygen countdown frenzy was misguided sensationalism and clickbait. That was at best an estimate, but humans love a countdown.

The timing of the announcement was based on a recovery vessel arriving at the site and very quickly finding the wreckage.

The fact that they happened to be close together is coincidence unless you can provide strong evidence otherwise.

[codyb]

Hmm, they told the on scene searches within hours according to the article? It’s pretty common practice for these agencies to not comment publicly until a conclusion has been reached I feel like.

[mindslight]

> I'd rather the Navy be pretty sure they were dead and tell me

Yes, because obviously you and us other media gawkers were the most important consideration here. Not you know, the families stuck essentially knowing their loved ones were dead, but still not having heard those words that finalize it. Also I don't know why they have to delay publicizing it to tell the families directly, when they could just hear it from the same news broadcast as everyone else </s>.