angel: ‘Titanic’ filmmaker James Cameron has said he is struck by the similarity between the 1912 sinking of the iconic ship and the tragic death of a group of passengers aboard a submersible who were on their way to view its remains.
The Hollywood veteran, best known for directing the 1997 feature film “Titanic” about the disaster, said many in the deep-sea engineering community were concerned about the submarine.
“Many of you know top players in the community who even wrote letters to the company, saying what they were doing was too experimental to carry passengers and needed to be certified, etc. .
Following reports that debris of the Titan had been found, suggesting that the crew inside were dead, Cameron said he could not help but connect the circumstances of the supposed catastrophe with ‘Titanic’.
“I am struck by the similarity to the Titanic disaster, where the captain was repeatedly warned about the ice ahead of his ship and yet went full speed into the ice field on a moonless night. And as a result many people died Gone, Cameron said in an interview with ABC News.
The filmmaker, who made 33 deep-sea dives to visit the Titanic wreck site, said it is “unreal” that a similar incident has happened at the same site more than 100 years later.
He added, “For a tragedy like that, where warnings were ignored, to happen in the same exact place with diving going on around the world, I think it’s pretty amazing. It’s quite unreal actually.” Is.”
On Thursday, rescuers found parts of the submersible near the wreckage of the Titanic ship. Oceangate, the company leading the mission, said five passengers had died.