they were two miles deep. sending up a tethered buoy means holding two miles of string on the sub, which would be completely impractical. sending an untethered buoy doesn't really help anything, because by the time it goes two miles up to the surface, it could have drifted way further than that in any other direction.

[–] HoagieBoy 1 points 1 year ago

I was suggesting untethered. I understand it would drift, what I think it would do is 1) let everyone know they are alive and in trouble and 2) give folks who understand ocean currents the ability to try to hone in on a search area. Maybe they already have a tight search area and this would not help, I just don't know. It sure is starting to feel like the thing imploded and the magic untethered buoys from my mind would not help anyway.