Just read that the deepest salvage job ever was over 16,000 feet down for a plane wreck

I was looking at an old industry report from the 90s and saw a note about a recovery mission for a plane that went down in the Pacific. They used a remote vehicle, but the pressure at that depth is insane, like over 7,000 psi. It got me thinking, is pushing tech for these ultra-deep jobs worth the insane cost and risk, or should we set a practical limit? What's the deepest you've ever worked?

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emeryfox23d ago

Man, that pressure is wild to think about. My deepest "salvage" was fishing my car keys out of a storm drain, and I felt like a deep-sea explorer. For real missions, I get the drive to push limits, it's how we learn. But yeah, the cost has to be weighed against what we actually gain, like important data or closure for families. Sometimes leaving things be is the right call.

oliver_murphy23d ago

But how much data is actually worth a human life, you know?

claire_hayes3515d ago

Actually, the deepest salvage ever was the Titanic at about 12,500 feet. That storm drain feeling is real though, just on a totally different scale. It really shows how far the tech and the bravery have to go for the real deep stuff. Makes you realize how big those choices are.