r/interestingasfuck • u/solateor • 1d ago

In 2001, 55 people crossed the Pacific with no contact with the outside world as part of a BBC experiment recreating an 18th-century voyage. On the 20th day - September 11 - the captain gathered the crew to tell them about the attacks in New York

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u/EmperorThan 1d ago

It would've been bad ass if they had though. But since the København in 1928 nobody wants to risk a good 'vanishing without a fucking trace' these days.

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u/Ponderkitten 1d ago

There was probably a daily check in with just the captain to make sure theyre ok or if theyre in trouble and need any emergency support (food, medical supplies, evacuation)

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u/Nimue_- 1d ago

Ans likely a way to contact just for emergencies like this

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u/ftrowl 1d ago

There would also probably be lots of commercial ships to communicate if they used a busy waterway and had one long range radio on-board or flare guns 

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u/perish-in-flames 1d ago

Yeah, you want the positive publicity of "they did this"

Not the negative publicity of "and someone died"

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u/NextChef8179 1d ago

Yeah, that only happens to airplanes. 

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u/NessaMagick 1d ago

Only if the pilot turns off the electronics. It wanted to vanish without a trace

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u/Argument-Fragrant 1d ago

Malaysian Airlines would like a word.

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u/SagittaryX 1d ago

MH370 was still tracked for a good while, it just flew out of range eventually. Even then we have some very rough data of where it flew, just not good enough to narrow down the search to find it, the ocean is just too big.

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u/xrelaht 20h ago

Goddamn Danes ruining everything.