Some of the “safety measures in use today” are due to the fact that the Titanic sunk. More life boats, ice patrol exploding icebergs before they are a problem and even “lifebelts” in the north atlantic, as I understand it, are somewhat like an insulated diving suit of sorts and drills are mandatory.
But given that we would have all the same technology and devices at hand. First, there most likely would not be an accident due to the Ice Patrol. But if there were, in light of the recent rescue of the folks from Seabreeze and the USS COle, secondly, I believe that with the availability of more lifeboats more lives would have been saved for several reasons, insulated lifebelt equipment would have allowed those who abandoned ship to be able to withstand the cold better until help came, even a ships travel time would offer the Titanic a better chance, plus better communications and satellite locators to pinpoint the exact location.
The amendment in place giving women equal rights would have offered the men a better survival rate and I believe at the wsame time, a better survival rate for married women who were afraid to leave or refused to leave their husbands.
The technology for being able to tow a ship the size of Titanic is there, so even the ability to tow the ship would be there. However. no one can change the architecture of the ship or the rate it was taking on water, so it is hard to say whether or not the entire ship could be saved. I think our technology has the equipment to have pumped out the water, but the question would be if we could get it there in time to keep the ship afloat. Even with the USS Cole and its watertight compartments were having a tough time and that was with their own equipment aboard and closing off hatches.
So the question your looking for is yes.So, I guess my answer to your question is that yes, I think with helicopter rescues, extra lifeboats, special saftey equipment aboard and mandatory drills now in place that more passengers and crew would have been saved. I believe that with the present equality that now exists that not only would the composition of passengers have been different.
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