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[Szu]

 

[maquiladora]

Imagine if there's still someone in there.

The crew is almost certainly still in there. The hatches are closed.

 

[Dinskugga]

oh my. the swedish Newspaper Expressen is so funny. They are asking some experts about the sub. And they fishing the experts like hell and want them to say that its russian. And the experts just avoid the question. And try to be neutral about it

 

[hobblygobbly]

So it's still pressurised? Are they going to resurface it and open it? Since it's within Swedish waters they're allowed to do that and the Russian government can't object, right?

 

[Engell]

So it's still pressurised? Are they going to resurface it and open it? Since it's within Swedish waters they're allowed to do that and the Russian government can't object, right?

They usually object to anything and everything, bet that will start tomorrow or already happening..

 

[iamaustrian]

The crew is almost certainly still in there. The hatches are closed.

maybe it's an empty and decommissioned sub.
russia is famous for trashing their army stuff all over the oceans. They even sank tons of highly nuclear material. very much like "Out of sight, out of mind."

of course it would be hilariously stupid to trash an old russia sub in swedish waters.
time will tell

 

[maquiladora]

maybe it's an empty and decommissioned sub.
russia is famous for trashing their army stuff all over the oceans. They even sank tons of highly nuclear material. very much like "Out of sight, out of mind."

of course it would be hilariously stupid to trash an old russia sub in swedish waters.
time will tell

Seems really unlikely. It's an undamaged and fairly modern looking submarine less than 3 thousand meters from the Swedish coast. Plus, given the intense search for a submarine last year and the intercepted Russian emergency comms, and the fact that OceanX were looking here for a reason....

 

[Dr Zhivago]

This is basically how obscure 80s BBC horror show 'The Nightmare Man' started...

 

[M3d10n]

no, because when you die from asphyxiation from lack of oxygen/high levels of CO2 your body goes into a kind of panic mode. you start involuntarily gasping for air.

Not quite.

When your airways are blocked (drowning, choking, lung hemorrhage, etc), your body cannot get rid of excess CO2 and goes into panic mode. But if it's deprived from O2 while still being able to expel CO2, there's no reaction at all: the person simply loses consciousness without warning and dies a couple minutes later.

For example, that's why companies add odor to butane, because otherwise people would simply pass out and die without realizing about the leak. Any gas that's heavier than air can accumulate in the lungs and keep them from absorbing oxygen while allowing CO2 to be released. Breathing a mixture of air that's lacking in O2 but isn't high in CO2 has the same effect.