<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-size: 13px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family: arial, sans-serif;">That's a good point Jon.<div><br></div><div> "A member of the sub's support team said it took 23 minutes to reach the surface." <br>Could easily be a mis-interpretation of the answer to a different question, as in it's 23 minutes after</div><div>the start of the dive that they reached the surface.</div><div><br></div><div>I would really like to know more about the incident and cause. If anybody finds anything</div><div>out, please post it here.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div> Ian.</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote style="padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 0px; border-left: #0000ff 2px solid; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,sans-serif; color: black;">-----Original Message-----
<br>From: Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
<br>Sent: Dec 3, 2019 3:53 PM
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<br>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Triton sub cabin fire (March 2019)
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">About 14 feet per minute which does seem exceedingly slow especially in an emergency situation. The press often gets such details wrong, perhaps that 23 minutes included getting the sub back on board the support ship.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Jon</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, December 3, 2019, 04:15:39 PM EST, irox via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I came cross this article about a cabin fire in what I believe is a Triton sub:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/british-research-sub-surfaces-after-fire-300-feet-below-india-ocean-2019-3" rel="nofollow">https://www.businessinsider.com/british-research-sub-surfaces-after-fire-300-feet-below-india-ocean-2019-3</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Does anybody have more details on this incident?<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">The article is a bit light on details, although the fact it took 23 minutes to do an emergency ascent from 100meters/330feet to the surface is worth noting. That seems like a long time.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Thanks,<br></div><div dir="ltr"> Ian.<br></div><div dir="ltr">_______________________________________________<br></div><div dir="ltr">Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a target="_blank" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" rel="nofollow">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles" rel="nofollow">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br></div></div>
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