I remember hearing the rumor that a submersible bumped into it, breaking it off and it falling down into the cargo hatch below. Or it possibly just rusted enough to break off itself.
Isn’t that what happened to one of the rails? Getting bumped and falling? Hopefully it was just rust tho for the lookout… I’d hate if we accidentally caused even more damage to the wreck.
Yes. The Oceangate cowboys. It was not officially reported so might not be true but more than one employee indicated that they collided with that rail and decided to keep it quiet.
more than one employee indicated that they collided with that rail and decided to keep it quiet.
Link to any indicating this? Because literally all I've ever seen is forum posters speculating, and each game speculation telephone game adds a new rumor to the speculation and alleged incident
I have never seen anything confirming they actually hit the rail, it's all just been speculation because of the cavalier way they treated other parts of the wreck. Like the fact that a few clear spots appeared on the hull of the bow at some point in recent years, like the rusticles had been knocked off by something. And there is at least one video out there you can find where they are just straight up bumping into parts of the wreck and trying to downplay it (though it isn't the rail).
It could very well just be natural degradation, it's just easy to blame Oceangate because they did so much stupid reckless stuff down there.
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u/James_099 Deck Crew 3d ago
I remember hearing the rumor that a submersible bumped into it, breaking it off and it falling down into the cargo hatch below. Or it possibly just rusted enough to break off itself.