“The protocol that is normally used in the Coast Guard operations, and in any kind of potentially dangerous situation, is that you want to maintain communications with someone on the surface or ashore that can call for help or render assistance in the event of an emergency,” Davenport said. Coast Guard officer, said he’s been perplexed by the operation’s perceived lack of safety protocols given the inherent dangers, including the timing of when Polar Prince sent out its distress call.įirst of all, Davenport said, the Titan and Polar Prince should have had a procedure in place in which they stayed in periodic contact, such as every hour or so. Within the military, if you have got an experiment or test or trials, yes there is a fixed protocol.”Īaron Davenport, a maritime expert, senior policy researcher with the RAND Corporation and a retired U.S. For civilian submersibles, it’s what they want. “If they said nine hours, that might have been what their agreement was- if we don’t have a problem, we’ll call you in nine hours. But from a commercial one, there is nothing that’s standard,” he said Thursday. “From a military viewpoint, there are specific protocols.
A company may say to check in every four hours and check in immediately if there’s a problem, but there are absolutely no set rules with commercial submersibles, he added.
_/ \_/ \_/_/ /_/Īll ThunderStruck's Accounts are transfered to Lunatic Asylum BBS (SFTOP)ĥ Nodes - 1.5 gig HD - 16.Norman Polmar, a prominent naval analyst and author, said the protocol for “checking in” would be set by the company, and it varies by company and submersible. This included all accounts of Concealed Dimension (1989-1990) which were handed by its sysop to Thunderstruck at the end of 1991. While still at Damones in 1994, this 3-nodes BBS changed name from Thunderstruck to Lunatic Asylum and added two additional nodes, with all accounts transferred from the previous board.
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