Titanic (1997) director, who has completed 33 dives to the wreck of the 19th century ship, said in a new interview that he immediately suspected that disaster had struck when he received news about the missing Titan sub on Monday (June 19).Yesterday (June 22) it was confirmed that the five men aboard the submersible on a tourist expedition to view the wreckage of the Titanic died in a suspected catastrophic implosion.
Five pieces of debris from the sub were discovered in a search and rescue operation.Cameron told BBC News: “We now have another wreck that is based on unfortunately the same principles of not heeding warnings.
OceanGate were warned.”He added that there was “terrible irony” in the loss of Titan and its crew, likening it to the loss of the Titanic itself in 1912.When he learned a day later on Monday – thanks to being on a ship himself – that the sub had on Sunday (June 18) lost both its navigation and communication at the same time, he said that he immediately suspected a disaster.“I felt in my bones what had happened.
For the sub’s electronics to fail and its communication system to fail, and its tracking transponder to fail simultaneously – sub’s gone,” Cameron said.He continued: “I immediately got on the phone to some of my contacts in the deep submersible community.
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