Titanic director James Cameron: 'I felt in my bones what happened' to sub
James Cameron, the renowned Hollywood director responsible for the film Titanic, expressed a deep personal connection to the loss of the Titan submersible during an interview with the BBC.
Cameron, who has completed 33 dives to the Titanic wreck, revealed that he sensed the magnitude of the incident in his core.
Cameron recounted being aboard a ship on Sunday when news of the sub's disappearance reached him only on Monday. The director's suspicions were immediately aroused upon learning that the sub had simultaneously experienced failures in its navigation, communication, and tracking transponder.
He believed that such multiple system failures indicated a significant disaster, leading him to conclude that the sub was lost.
In response to the distressing situation, Cameron wasted no time and promptly contacted his acquaintances within the deep submersible community. Within an hour, he gathered crucial information: the sub was descending towards the seabed at a depth of 3,800 meters after reaching 3,500 meters, but communication and navigation were abruptly cut off.
Based on these facts, Cameron recognized that the loss of both communication and navigation without external intervention pointed to an extreme or highly energetic catastrophic event. His immediate thought was that the sub had experienced an implosion.
Later in the week, a US Navy official informed CBS News, a partner of the BBC, that an acoustic anomaly consistent with an implosion had been detected shortly after the Titan lost contact with the surface. This information was shared with the US Coast Guard, which used it to refine the search area.
Reflecting on the past week, Cameron expressed his frustration with the situation, describing it as a prolonged and nightmarish charade characterized by discussions about banging noises, oxygen levels, and other details.
He remained convinced that the sub was positioned precisely at its last known depth and location, which ultimately proved to be accurate when a remotely controlled underwater vehicle was deployed on Thursday. The search team located the submersible within a short span of time, likely within minutes.
