Titanic director James Cameron: submarine warnings were ignored

Movie director and submersible maker James Cameron said on Thursday he wishes he had sounded the alarm earlier about the submersible Titan that imploded on an expedition to the Titanic wreckage, saying he had found the hull design risky.
All five aboard the vessel were killed.
Cameron became a deep-sea explorer in the 1990s while researching and making his Oscar-winning blockbuster "Titanic," and is part owner of Triton Submarines, which makes submersibles for research and tourism.
He is part of the small and close-knit submersible community, or Manned Underwater Vehicle (MUV) industry. When he heard, as many in the industry had shared, that OceanGate Inc was making a deep-sea submersible with a composite carbon fiber and titanium hull, Cameron said he was skeptical.
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[@aussiepatriot]

The likely cause is a flaw in the join between the steel dome and the carbon fiber body. The material expansions are very different between them when under pressure. a high pressure steel or aluminium cylinder expands under pressure and contracts when released. Carbon fiber does not expand or contract in the same conditions. A seal would need to be included in the design and would need to be monitored or renewed as a high priority. Cameron quoted "contiguous material/steel avoids the problem". Carbon fiber is high tensile with low impact strength an is not weldable. I doubt NASA would recommend the join knowing the hull would experience 800,000 pounds/150tons per square foot at 4000mtrs at 400 atmospheres. Submarine hulls are not pressure tested, however designed to specs known to be successful with materials that expand & contract at the same rate. To test the Titan, a pressure vessel large enough to house the titan would be required and cycle testing essential to be confident the innovation of a composite material hull has the integrity. Possibly an exact scale model of the titan composite hull only, could be easily cycle tested to 6000-8000psi say twice daily, in what is known and widely used by cylinder manufacturers, as a water jacket test unit for proof of design and could potentially identify the failure in the case of the Titan. The Titan was designed to be positively buoyant, avoiding the need for ballast to allow the vessel to surface. Additional ballast equipment adds to the risk of failure. I think this inbuilt buoyancy is why Rush believed his sub was fail proof. Note full carbon fiber high pressure cylinders (4500psi) are a highly successful innovation for strength, longevity and light weight, donned by firefighters globally and a preferred product.

[@javierfrancia1938]

Is it true that the CEO was an anti-white leftie who openly embraced diversity and rejected white skinned engineers?

[@kaybicaku923]

When a x box controller is laughed at . That should tell you something straight away

[@hbrucewilliamson1787]

“fail proof” aka unsinkable

[@craigcorson3036]

Cameron spoke as though the Titan has been found. I have seen no indication elsewhere that that is the case.

[@hmmmmm64]

As a carbon fibre composites engineer in the Aerospace industry, when I heard that this submersible had a composite hull and was operating at the depths and pressures it did, I was astonished at the lack of safety and certification being employed here.

[@KevinThomas-kxtphotography]

I watched the video on here of how they made the Hull, they would the hull from filament then stuck the steel flanges on with a socket joint to each end then bolted the rear dome and the front access to it. I am an engineer in HVAC but have done many different jobs over the years, I was surprised at the method chosen. Mr cameron then added the question of repetitive dive stress and the lack of certification. It was an experimental craft but I think they took it too low. It is a sad day and condolences to all those who lost loved ones and those left behind who now have to deal with the aftermath.

[@tc98826]

Why make a composite hull? Why not stick with what works. I dont get it.

[@blogattacker]

@@KevinThomas-kxtphotography I think it would be good for a limited dives, but the price is too high to build it again, so the CEO needed several dives to make a profit, he was going to use it again and again. It would implode anyway

[@washedupwarvet2027]

@@KevinThomas-kxtphotography stick to duct work dude

[@alandoak5146]

I've seen multiple carbon fiber mountain bikes fail on the trail, including my own; one was a friend's brand new Specialized replacement frame, he finished building it the night before. SpaceX lost a rocket and payload on the pad because of an unanticipated failure mode of the carbon fiber helium tank. I get nervous about carbon fiber airliners, but at least there's a lot of smart people and money on those projects.

[@marcuscarana9240]

The Titanic wreck isn't an amusement park. It's a corpse with a message. "This is what arrogance and hubris gets you, don't repeat the same mistake." Unfortunately that message flew over all of their heads except for the 19 year old who was afraid and didn't want to go but didn't want to spoil father's day for his dad.

[@dinaworkman306]

A 19 year old isn't a child. He has a mind of his own.

[@RandomUser25122]

I agree. The dead are still down there so I don’t think it should be a tourist site. Disrespectful IMO

[@barneypaws4883]

@@dinaworkman306 Even though the law states he's as an adult, the first person he calls for when in trouble is his mother

[@Indeterminite]

I've seen this sentiment elsewhere on KZbin and I have to say I disagree. Titanic was a tragedy yes, Pearl Harbor was a tragedy also. 9/11 was a tragedy, Hiroshima was a tragedy as well. All of those places are tourist attractions now. If people stopped exploring the Titanic today, that's not going to stop them from using submersibles tomorrow, there are other places worth diving to under the ocean. The moral of this story isn't 'leave the Titanic alone' the moral of this story is 'dont cut corners when building subaquatic vehicles'.

[@ixa.m9915]

Hw can u blame other tourists that spent thousands 4 that tour..obvioudly hd they been made aware of the safety hazards of that sub then they would hv never gone there..4 them they were spending so much money so obviously they were expecting sme safety of the sub 4 all that money..blame the ownner , blame oceangate

[@lavadasnjokorn4732]

This whole ordeal has given me a newfound respect for James Cameron. He’s the voice of reason and clarity we’d been looking for throughout all of it.

[@starrysnow7445]

N i respect that he said he did not wanna speculate. Even though im sure wat he thinks is likely the reality.

[@dotty4654]

Absolutely 💯 agree, James Cameron has made enough deep dives to know what he's talking about.

[@Tina37212]

@@starrysnow7445 Yes, our military has secrets that they need to keep hidden from other countries.

[@hastekulvaati9681]

I know what you mean. He seems like a wise man who actually has something useful to add to the discussion.

[@Encantado215]

woke science man the best 💯 🤓

[@RickC_]

I am a naval architect and also a technical diver. I agree 100% that wound carbon fiber was not the best idea. The fatigue, water ingress and delamination is the exact issue I was telling my wife. Dissimilar materials with water under 5500+psi pushing in-between the fibers is a recipe for disaster.

[@allthatsheiz]

Yup press the thing right apart

[@velotegra7156]

Carbon fiber under tension tends to straighten out the fibers, retaining its strength, but under compression (as in a submersible) it is the opposite: any delamination by water ingress would immediately provide an offset load path in the fibers and therefore a buckling site, with catastrophic consequences. Carbon fiber may well be a great material for pressure vessels that have a high internal pressure and therefore high tension forces, but this emphatically does not translate to a good material for vessels under high external pressure, such as deep sea submersibles.

[@coolbeans8682]

Indeed.

[@tabbycat6458]

I don't understand why they didn't do a test dive with the dam thing with no human beings on board. What were they thinking. Oh right, they weren't I take it.

[@RickC_]

@@tabbycat6458 They did several successful dives to the Titanic in 2021 and 2022 (at least 10 times)

[@johnsinclair2672]

Spot on with the analogy. Ego, greed, arrogance... mans inherent failings!

[@rodmcleod3072]

Yes, a ridiculously rich man will find interesting and exotic ways to die for the reasons you state.

[@MA-oj8zk]

And the same would have been true if Cameron would have had an acident when he dove to the Titanic.

[@bern047]

OceanGate founder and CEO Stockton Rush is married to Wendy Rush, the great-great-granddaughter of Isidore and Ida Straus, who choose to remain onboard the sinking Titanic together so that others could escape to safety in their place

[@johnsinclair7218]

@@MA-oj8zk yes there is a certain arrogance in Cameron’s know it all attitude!

[@bluesteel5688]

@@johnsinclair7218 ...is that what you take from the expert, honest, genuine and informative report?

[@newvillagefilms]

When OceanGate said they offer the full Titanic experience, they really weren't kidding. I guess the OceanGate Titanic experience really was a tourist trap.

[@mrjones422]

I respect Cameron even more after this. "It was right on the sea floor below it's last known position. Which is the first place you look in a search, is the last known position. You don't go running all over the whole landscape with planes, trains and automobiles "searching"." My thoughts exactly when all this started. Someone with the coast guard saying they are scouring a 400 square mile area. Knowing damn well if something went wrong with the sub it would have sunk in the approximate location of it's last known location.

[@apergiel]

Everybody was doing what they could, even against odds. I am thankful for such organizations such as the Coast Guard, thank you for your service.

[@mrjones422]

@@apergiel There is no issue with the coast guard members doing what they are told. The issue is waiting 4 days to actually get a deep sea crew to look in the area they were last seen. Spending millions scouring the ocean surface was ridiculous and should have been step 2, 3 or 4. Not step one. I get it though. Procedure and protocol for the coast guard is to sweep "x" number of square miles by the conventional means they use. They just should have better protocol for a deep sea vessel and they should have had that deployed day one. Since once it was deployed it took them less than 3 hours to find the vessel or parts of it.

[@white5mage]

@@mrjones422 makes them look like a bunch of imbeciles.

[@deannelson9565]

@@mrjones422 you seem to not understand the big picture of this whole event! They didn't wait for days to get a crew out there to check the Titanic it took them four days to get the ROV out there that's as fast as it could get there. And no checking the surface should be absolutely step one because it's the only step they could actually do and this ship if it had some sort of anomaly and tried to come up which it sounds like they tried to do would be bobbing around on the surface somewhere. The coastguard simply did the only thing it could actually do and the reality is they can't go into it assuming that the sub is gone they have to assume that it's still functional until it is proven 100% that it's not and that's exactly what they did.

[@mrjones422]

@@deannelson9565 I do understand that they should have prioritized getting the ROV immediately as opposed to wasting four days. If indeed it takes 4 days to get there then it wasn't mobilized for a couple days at the earliest if the ship that deploys the ROV got there 4 days later. It shines a light on how poorly that launching their ROV actually is. I get that scouring the surface is protocol for any missing vessel but given what was known about losing coms and signal a catastrophic implosion was most likely. Making the urgency of getting the ROV even a higher priority. However that would make it a recovery effort as opposed to a rescue operation. Meaning that the scouring of the surface could/should still take place "WHILE" the ROV is in route. As rescue is priority over recovery. Point being that getting the ROV launched immediately on day one was not done and should have been. My assumption is someone with the coast guard had two days thinking they would find them floating in the search radius and didn't launch the ROV for that window thinking it would be more costly when the opposite ended up being true.

[@jumblyman]

Easily the most concise and thorough explanation of what went wrong. I didn’t see a single other expert in all the coverage mention the independent transponder and the fact that it’s self contained let alone the significance of its failure. Bravo JC.

[@drdebocherry]

Absolutely 💯

[@jetad6122]

See the CNN report on new email from stockridge

[@elizabethgrogan8553]

Ocean Gate was warned, again & again, that the Titan was unfit for purpose. Greed overcame all sensibility. They were sued in 2018 for firing an expert who refused to ignore the fact that Ocean Gate was cutting corners. He won his case. That carbon fibre outer casing would not hold.

[@wanderingdeer1114]

I guess the stuffy, uninspirational 50 y.o. white guy was correct. Who could have known?

[@javierfrancia1938]

Is it true that the CEO was an anti-white leftie who openly embraced diversity and rejected white skinned engineers?

[@Pauly916]

I never knew this,the Titan ,should never have been allowed to carry passengers.

[@stopato5772]

begs the question how did those paying customer put their lives into the hands of a subpar operation? Slick adverts? lack of understanding of the pressures?

[@LathropLdST]

​@@stopato5772FOMO. The site is close to disappearing in the next few years and people want to brag they did when it is no longer there...

[@cynthiahusband106]

God he’s bright , beyond brilliant , beyond genius Cameron has a heart you can feel he felt for the 5 men who lost their lives. RIP

[@thomasdaywalt7735]

Hymn to thee god

[@shemikasprague5099]

Very well explained and exhibited. I read a comment that stated these poor souls and rich bodies paid around 250k to go and watch a HGTV(?)

[@rosean374]

​@@shemikasprague5099exactly. Images that have been recorded and published since 1985. How much more of the titanic does one need to see?!

[@shemikasprague5099]

@@rosean374 Yes...Agreed.

[@trisin]

Dude gave us terminator, titanic, and avatar, he’s a creative genius and explorer extraordinaire

[@stephenbusby424]

James Cameron is uniquely placed to discuss this tragedy given his extensive work on both Titanic and deep-sea diving. It’s just astounding that Ocean Gate ignored the warnings from people like James Cameron. The parallels with the sinking of the Titanic are quite stark. We like to think that a lot has changed since 1912 but here we are in 2023, and lives are still being lost due to individuals ignoring safety advice.

[@thomasdaywalt7735]

The irony is Most of those who died in a titanic or third class passengers Now the people who died on that submarine wore rich But those lives were still human now they're part of the graveyard

[@tsan3796]

Cameron is the “uninspiring old white guy” stanton didn’t want to use forget his expertise and acquired knowledge

[@PaulaSB12]

So if he did so much research why was his film do wrong about so much. I mean there was no gates stopping third class passengers getting to the deck in fact they sent people down to try and get them out but they where too scared

[@BeKindToEveryKind295]

111 years apart!

[@Thulgore]

Everything Elon does.........is on this EXACT level of incompetences.

[@weallmakechoices7456]

Over my life I have met characters like Stockton Rush, babbling away with grandiose schemes, talking the talk and taking the susceptible or gullible along with them. They have the gift of the gab and charming personalities, and yet underneath the facade these are very disturbed individuals. I feel so sorry for the mother of the young man, who will live with this terrible knowledge of her son and husband's unnecessary demise.

[@javierfrancia1938]

Is it true that the CEO was an anti-white leftie who openly embraced diversity and rejected white skinned engineers?

[@KA-eu9sy]

Well said. Stockton Rush Koolaid.

[@susanback9127]

You described a Narcissist perfectly.

[@djquinn11]

Elizabeth Holmes comes to mind.

[@sharonsparks900]

Spot-on. The international community needs to install regulations that cover the loophole of international waters that this grifter exploited. Lives were lost, civilians who had no understanding of the fundamentals.

[@Noneatall246]

The decay of leadership and accountability in our society just hit another low point…

[@javierfrancia1938]

Is it true that the CEO was an anti-white leftie who openly embraced diversity and rejected white skinned engineers?

[@Desmondbrown73]

Weak men make hard times

[@ohnezuckerohnefett]

About 4,000 m deep

[@TheFrenchPug]

Yep. Just ask Bud Light about that.

[@popcornfilms1]

@@Desmondbrown73hit us with another cliche

[@HumanResource-sp6fg]

I was really hoping James Cameron would speak out. He has been to the actual sight of the Titanic in a real sub. He should not have been ignored, he has documentaries of his trips. Thank you James for speaking out, the world is just getting dumber by the moment

[@jamesnguyen7069]

his sub isnt called titan short for titanic. and its neon color in case if anything happens.

[@thinkingallowed7042]

If I was a billionaire wanting to see the wreck of the Titanic in person, I would contact James Cameron for advice and recommendations.

[@annegribben444]

Yes Jame's needs to write a book URGENTLY... ON SETTING THE TRUE COURSE... THE MORAL COMPASS COURSE .....THAT WAS " LOST AT SEA" ... AND THEREBY LIES IN THE LESSON" ...AMEN.

[@margaretreid2153]

Site

[@Hurpdurpdipidydoo]

The world really is getting incredibly dumb even with the power of the internet in the palm of their hands

[@simongills2051]

What an amazing life this man has made for himself. All those amazing films, not just one, but one after another. And then his submarine adventures. And he still looks so young!

[@TheInternetIsDeadToMe]

It’s been a media circus and he knows it. He runs through the logic of the situation and comes to the only conclusion left available, unlike our media outlets, who just insist on keeping the story going with any sort of drama.

[@avanellehansen4525]

Yes. They died at the time of communication loss. The media played us. What an expensive response for an impossible rescue.

[@waitaminute2015]

He's also keeping the story alive with daily interviews. Look out for his next movie! People are so easily impressed.

[@ThomasD66]

He admits he did not speak up when he could have. That seems to be a real common problem today. We are always hearing the truth of the matter well after the fact.

[@adrianthoroughgood1191]

The media were reporting what the coastguard was saying, which was we are still searching, hoping to find them alive.

[@mg6775]

They used it as a distraction to keep you from knowing the real news they don't want us to know about

[@pineapple-wi5mg]

James Cameron total respect for this man.. engineer majored in physics... movie maker the best....Thank you I was hanging on to your every word. Oceangate may have forgotten they are dealing with the Atlantic Ocean and this thing would be under water for hours.

[@javierfrancia1938]

Is it true that the CEO was an anti-white leftie who openly embraced diversity and rejected white skinned engineers?

[@dinorahbarbosa3927]

just fyi he never majored in physics, nor engineering...

[@ivaerz4977]

He did made Terminator tho

[@KebabMusicLtd]

I still think his Titanic film was pants even though I watched it 12 times.

[@thomasdaywalt7735]

Big time

[@pinkierural]

Powerful, compelling orator. He had my complete and utter attention after listening to others tiptoe around the issue for the last few days.

[@paulamarie43]

What you said James is spot on. Throughout the experience I kept saying why couldn’t James Cameron’s subs or designs or consultations be employed. I trust Mr Cameron. He is a civilian EXPERT who lived that expertise without lives being lost. It’s called being committed to excellence and the highest forms of safety. I have such respect for this man and have little sympathy for all but the 19 yr old, whose lives where taken . Our society is greedy and always wanting instant gratification. Shortcuts are now the norm for many. Well that may be fine when your building a toy or something else above the sea but THE OCEAN lives by HER OWN RULES. They ignored her laws and sadly they suffered the consequences.

[@livingtribunal4110]

OceanGate CEO: "big government safety regulations are stifling innovation", as the navies of multiple countries scrambled trying to pull him from the depths of the abyss in his homemade submarine/coffin.

[@geoffpoole483]

Safety regulations save lives. The sea is not to be messed with.

[@samokazem2211]

Corporations that are allegedly regulated by government agencies finance those same agencies, and demand certifications in return. Boeing, and Pfizer are prime examples. If you don't understand this, you deserve that Govt. boot you love to lick so much, to step on your face a bit harder.

[@Euruk1]

As if the Titanic itself isn't a reminder to the contrary 😑

[@stagesixx]

He also made The Abyss, a groundbreaking feat, the subject of which deals with this. He’s a futurist, an engineer, a deep sea explorer and a pioneer.

[@javierfrancia1938]

Is it true that the CEO was an anti-white leftie who openly embraced diversity and rejected white skinned engineers?

[@by-rc3nl]

The Abyss was actually a very good movie. I think underrated.

[@Skiddleboi]

🎶 His name is James Cameron, The bravest pioneer No budget too steep, no sea too deep Who's that? It's him, James Cameron James, James Cameron explorer of the sea With a dying thirst to be the first Could it be? Yeah that's him! James Cameron 🎵

[@ghostbird92]

I loved that movie as a kid. It inspired me to get a lego submarine set to play with. This whole incident makes me want to watch it again since it's been at least 20 years since I last saw it.

[@greatdelusion7654]

Good point. The Abyss (1989) is perhaps the most overlooked of all Cameron’s movies (released between Aliens and T-2), yet possibly the most gruelling in terms of the work that went into making it (described by Cameron as the "worst production he was ever involved with”). Many of the scenes are astonishing considering the technology of the time (lack of CGI), the craftsmanship that went into production and the sheer amount of the movie that was actually shot underwater. The story is probably not the strongest part, but the final finished product, from a film-making perspective, is quite remarkable. If you enjoy the subject of deepwater exploration, The Abyss is a must-see.

[@simianrogue]

The irony of going to visit an underwater graveyard only to become part of it, is immense. The company responsible, Ocean Gate, should be liquidated and all staff placed under legal scrutiny. That sub was the product of many people. They should be held 100% accountable.

[@somedude9316]

Well the original engineers did put in the question of going down there in it to scrutiny and I guess he got fired for it. That to me is irony too cause it happens far too often. Ignoring/firing your expert because they gave you a negative but completely correct assessment of the problem. It's important to listen to your peers. But after that, its truly up to you to decide what you're going to take seriously.

[@jonfreeman9682]

Well hopefully they got a chance to see the Titanic before they imploded and now they're a famous part of Titanic history. This is the first and only fatality of deep ocean sub a blemish to an otherwise perfect safety record. People will think twice before going down now.

[@richinoable]

And good riddance to all of them once they suffer those consequences. The idea that I'm supposed to feel some kind of human sympathy for the -tragic- predictable outcome of their ostentation is what galls me. Scientists go for knowledge. These people are trying to fill some kind of hole inside...

[@jamesdunn9609]

The man most responsible for this tragedy lost his life as well. Stockton Rush was the CEO of OceanGate, and he died aboard that sub just like the others. I guess it makes sense in some weird way. Maybe he realized that if something went wrong and those two billionaires went down and died while he was sitting in his office in the US, he would have to answer for it. But if went down with them, and something went wrong, it really wouldn't matter. Just speculating of course.

[@sellingacoerwa8318]

oh look the Monday morning witch hunt crowd...

[@MrLathor]

I feel terrible for the 19 year old who was apparently terrified, but did it anyways to please his father. No father should put their son in such a situation. The young man had more sense than the “experts” at OceanGate.

[@jritechnology]

Also more speculation, but ok...we can believe the aunt.

[@chicken29843]

​@@jritechnologyultimately regardless of those twos relationship it's really neither of their fault it's the fault of the man at the helm mostly. Those people likely didn't do proper due diligence about the risk but also were likely given a much rosier picture of the sub than we have now. Unfortunately when people die like this, and there's no real justice to be had, the blame game starts amongst those left impacted. It's sad really, you see it so often with these tragedies and it can destroy families with its butterfly effect

[@RawOlympia]

I cannot imagine him at some point down there realizing he was the only one with sense! Although I do feel that the others were deeply misled and that S. Rush misled himself, drank his own Kool Aid as they say. It's mind boggling to me that the company even let him go down, to take the chance of a person freaking out, and a minor at that!

[@violettownmicroenterprises1528]

Parents ought to teach their children to think for themselves from an early age, so that they trust themselves to know mom and dad arent always right, and they must trust themselves to make choices for themselves- with 100 % self confidence.

[@ianstrange5674]

MrLathor According to his mother, he was happy and excited on the morning of the dive.

[@deb-1558]

This man is a legend and I respect his creativity and knowledge. He's so passionate about Titanic, I love he has so much respect

[@christopher1884john]

Stockton got arrogant towards a person is one thing but mother nature will not be tamed. I saw the construction of titan here on KZbin and seeing the titanium end caps being glued to the carbon fibre cylinder was odd to me. James Cameron is a living legend. R.I.P LADS

[@polla2256]

Odd ? That's an understatement. Cavalier, Ignorant, Incompetent all fit better I think.

[@motionsick]

I bet there were air bubbles in there.

[@JGD185]

In another interview James said he heard they dropped the weights and were ascending, possibly because they knew the hull was getting breached. He thinks they could hear the de-lamination of the carbon fiber right before it imploded and killed them.

[@fc4660]

@@JGD185 utterly terrifying

[@arkad6329]

The fact that he was so arrogant is the thing that baffles me. “Leading technology and innovation” No guy, you ignored safety concerns, and dared Poseidon. Now he’s met Davy Jones, and is the but of many jokes.

[@work2live756]

Says it how it is. Legend.

[@javierfrancia1938]

Is it true that the CEO was an anti-white leftie who openly embraced diversity and rejected white skinned engineers?

[@shemikasprague5099]

Very well explained and exhibited. I read a comment that stated these poor souls and rich bodies paid around 250k to go and watch a HGTV(?)

[@TW19567]

One thing that REALLY worries me about this whole thing is OceanGates’s CEO stating on their website that “regulation is behind innovation” and that they circumvented regulations by classifying it as an experimental dive vehicle. Absolutely astounding that we still have people claiming that regulations are harming innovation. Safety is supposed to be boring. Malfunctions are supposed to be an inconvenience, not a life threatening situation. Safety is supposed to be reassuringly dull and routine. If you have a failure then it should be routine to get you to safety. Sounds like this company had no idea of the materials they were using and James is clearly an absolute expert in his field. Had he shouted more about this dive vehicle would he have been threatened with a lawsuit as well??

[@Ken_Scaletta]

Safety regulations are for poor people. Physics is for poor people.

[@jamesnguyen7069]

oceangate is the new watergate. simple ez does it

[@KitsyX]

I mean, regulations might be holding back innovation... But sometimes that's the price you should pay to make sure these sorts of things don't happen.

[@davidlynch9049]

A big problem is the high seas are not regulated much. This guy obviously knew that.

[@aurorapaisley7453]

@@KitsyX Tbh the real problem here is that the CEO took passengers.. to an experimental vehicle as if it's certified for it. that's the equivalent of a test pilot bringing passengers which in context doesn't make much sense

[@boombringer4078]

Mr Cameron has exactly the same opinion as myself! so refreshing seeing honesty in a world where no one dares to speak the truth anymore! I have even more respect for him!

[@laurieroach2127]

I agree with you Mr. Cameron. What a horrible loss especially the young boy. So sad and unnecessary.

[@dinaworkman306]

He wasn't a young boy he was a grown man

[@jonfreeman9682]

Yes it's sad because the boy didn't even give a 💩 about Titanic and did it to please dad.

[@androwaydie4081]

Rich people doing rich people thing.

[@DT-us3kd]

@@dinaworkman306- only just a “grown man”, he was barely out of his teens … but that’s just semantics! Reports say that he did it, under pressure from his dad, who WAS a grown man! It’s still an extremely sad loss !

[@javierfrancia1938]

Is it true that the CEO was an anti-white leftie who openly embraced diversity and rejected white skinned engineers?

[@Maynard0504]

what a legend this guy is

[@javierfrancia1938]

Is it true that the CEO was an anti-white leftie who openly embraced diversity and rejected white skinned engineers?

[@jazzingpanda3190]

@@azariazalani4997didn’t know he cheated on his wife. That is terrible behaviour. Strange you mentioned that he’s a “vegetarian legend”. His diet doesn’t matter really does it? He (or anyone) could be vegetarian, vegan, pesc, general or otherwise. I don’t think someone’s diet warrants being a prefix to how you describe them😂

[@sharonsparks900]

@@azariazalani4997 We’re talking about mining his expertise. Nothing to do with his personal life.

[@thinkingallowed7042]

@@azariazalani4997 Cameron is not his real name.

[@indigatorveritatis8891]

@@azariazalani4997 🙄

[@stopato5772]

As our greatest deep sea diver. you can see Mr Cameron has an emotional attachment to this event. His intuition and intelligence were correct.

[@Med-legend]

This guy is on another level…respect , im all ears for this guy from now on

[@LoriTalbot-du2qt]

They couldn't actually scan the sea floor until a ship arrived with a robotic camera to go down and look. They had to consider all the possibilities while they were waiting. Had the ship popped up to the surface and they hadn't bothered to look there because they had already decided they knew what had happened the 5 men would still have died but it would have been a long drawn out death.

[@javierfrancia1938]

Is it true that the CEO was an anti-white leftie who openly embraced diversity and rejected white skinned engineers?

[@DiGiTaLdAzEDM]

You make a very valid point re investigating all possibilities while waiting for an ROV to arrive on site. I do agree with Cameron's negative assessment of carbon fiber being used in the hull construction of a deep dive submersible.

[@whiskybrush3219]

Just the fact they went down without an ROV on ship is completely insane to me.

[@waitaminute2015]

This guy is disrespectful by implying conspiracies and then saying he doesn't want to speculate. Give me a break. Trying to add to the drama for his next movie. Everyone in this small diving community has egos and hidden agendas. People are so easily impressed.

[@clarkpalace]

That sounds pretty good. I would like to hear cameron respond rather then disparage him as a poster does below. Maybe cameron thinks, rightly, that its insane they didnt have an rov on hand for exactly this sort of event. Maybe that was so far put of his imaginings he didnt consider it, meaning just how reckless oceangate was willing to be

[@solduspython]

James Cameron the greatest pioneer, no sea to deep no peak to steep it's him James Cameron

[@bigledian4008]

James Cameron doesn't do what James Cameron does for James Cameron. James Cameron does what James Cameron does because James Cameron is James Cameron!

[@UpTheIrons76]

Jaaames James Cameron, explorer of the sea

[@vinstyles]

I totally agree. I am just an ordinary guy and the moment I heard it on the news that communication was gone, I said to my wife, this vessel has been crushed beyond recognition with the atmosphere of the ocean at this depth. I could not understand why everyone was looking everywhere else as opposed to right on top of the Titanic. It had some redundancy that it would or could float up to the surface and it didn't. That also told me the ship had imploded.

[@mistymouse6840]

I think they couldn't search on top of the titanic right away. Ocean Gate didn't bring an extra sub, and it took time to bring an ROV that could search to that depth. Once it did, they found the wreckage fairly quickly. In the mean time, the coast guard was obligated to do a search until it was verified the sub and crew were lost, not matter how unlikely it seemed they'd find anything.

[@mickmay7433]

A man that speaks the truth

[@fc4660]

Nailed it in 7mins 39 seconds and days earlier. I can’t help but think the public were being taken on some ride to distract us from something else.

[@mainstreetsaint36]

I know, right? Everyone knows only one thing happens in the news at one time! Only one thing really happens in the world at one time! The magical one at time force keeps that from happening!

[@psygnale]

Glad Im not the only one who sees this. All this nonsense is mis-direction. What are we being distracted from?

[@apergiel]

Can you imagine being the commander of the Coast Guard at the time of the disappearance, having billions of people of the world clamoring to "do something!" ?

[@Historymaker-xw9wf]

To me it sounds more like the company wasn't prepared for any emergency involving the sub. The ROV had to be flown to St John NFLD and loaded on to a ship, and the ship had to be made ready to set sail. In the meantime, other ships, including the USCG, CCGS, and RCN were on scene as fast as they could, and the RCAF launched sonar tracking planes. These were good if the sub was bobbing on the surface, but they weren't6 much help in pinpointing something on the bottom.

[@HashiAkitaPuppy]

They have known for days exactly what happened and strung it out to get their assets on scene and do a live drill to test their equipment, all the "hopeful searching" was a ruse. The was never any hope and what happened was fully known right after it happened. Does anyone think it's all just coincidence that they "figured it out" right after the survivability window closed?

[@jsmnzgb]

Spot on! It was even reported early on that an implosion was recorded at the time when communication was lost, but that information was mentioned once and not again until after the Coast guard news conference...

[@not_glad]

Yep! And the press were all too happy to play along for views and clicks.

[@TheObsoletist33]

Had to cover up the Hunter Biden scandal somehow

[@thepoliticalhousethatjackbuilt]

They "figured it out" or to be more accurate, they confirmed the catastrophic failure when the nearest available ROV (Remotely operated underwater vehicle) was able to reach the site. Which would indicate that one of the main lessons to learned from this is to always have an ROV on the support vessel of any manned submersible expedition to carry out an immediate search and rescue mission; because if they'd had one with them we would have known what had happened within 3-4 hours. Drop the sensationalist conspiracy theory nonsense and accept the rational explanation, it's simply that mistakes were made and lessons need to be learned.

[@nzdefrag]

@sk-dn5gf say it out loud bro... They knew they were dead, then spent MILLIONS of dollars on a 'staged multi-day long rescue operation'

[@ProbableCause-DanGryder]

I posted a short summary here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2TRmJmGnrqqqsU

[@Gods1andonly]

Thank God for this guy. He's the only person who has been "truthful". Everyone knew Sunday and Monday this sub had imploded! I can't believe they took families down this trail of wishful thinking. (i.e. we're hearing knocking)

[@Navsomething]

And the oxygen tank timer hoax

[@nerdygem8620]

I don't know why we keep listening to sensationalist news companies instead of scientists, engineers, or experts on whatever story is going on. I guess facts are boring, speculation is exciting.

[@misselanys1219]

I wish he would have just said what he thought the reason why they carried on that hoax for four days. I would welcome his speculation but my thoughts are that this was a govt decision. I could tell when the retired Navy guy on the radio show I was watching and stopped himself when he said Sunday implo....oops i mean they are running out of oxygen tick tock. 😮

[@Gods1andonly]

@@misselanys1219 👍

[@Gods1andonly]

@@nerdygem8620 True

[@JayDeeChannel]

I have such great respect for James Cameron.

[@HashiAkitaPuppy]

He seems like a genuinely good dude.

[@airtec87]

He brought us Terminator 1 and 2, Aliens. You must respect him.

[@EphemeralOnlooker]

@@airtec87 Avatar, Titanic and rambo. Best filmmaker ever.

[@speedypaul2314]

He is obsessive about every project he is involved in. The best comments given by far over all these so called experts.

[@Safetysealed]

James Cameron doesn't do what James Cameron does for James Cameron. James Cameron does what James Cameron does because James Cameron IS... James Cameron!

[@MikeDGuitar]

I appreciate James' candor!

[@soniafarooq]

The amount of experience James Cameron in this area, people in this field should really listen to him and his advice.

[@srkusa]

Mr. Cameron’s eloquence in explanation was so easy to understand. Composites of any kind have an operational lifetime and he explained it so well. I’m already regretting putting some wood composites in my home and that’s small potatoes compared to this sub.

[@iloveaviation-burgerclub-a8145]

James brought a lot to the point here and as an engineer knowing about cycle fatigue and stuff like that I was impressed by how deep he dived in such things. He really knows what he is talking about. I asked myself very often, why there was no noise heard from a catastrophic hull failure because any other info about loss of com and loss of tracking spoke the same lenguage to me as to James. Even far away operating sonars should have recognized this and the time of incident was well known to check those datas. Just under the perspective that the implosion was heard it is not understandable why the Hercs and Poseidon an many other assets were surface searching. As mentioned, as I heard from 2 systems failing the same moment being fully unconnected the sad truth was clear to me. And yes, I wondered why the search wasn't priorized nearby the place of loss of com and tracking.

[@oldtimer5045]

My thought is were there ROV's on location or did they have to come from some other location? Which took time so they did what they could and surface searched till they arrived.

[@blogattacker]

I think there is a protocol, you can not assume even though you are certain, you have to look for it anyway

[@washedupwarvet2027]

they didn't haver any ROV that could reach that depth until the french one showed up.

[@InterestedAmerican]

I agree completely. My only speculation on why the search unfolded as it did was that there was no ROV submersible near the Titanic site, until Thursday. Because they couldn't check the sea bottom yet, they searched the ocean surface, to look for any possible floating debris that may have survived an implosion. At this point, any evidence at all would be deemed important to an investigation. I suspect they will try to find and extract what remains of the OceanGate submersible, so that the investigation into the cause of the disaster might learn precisely what happened at that point in time when communication was lost with the submersible.

[@javierfrancia1938]

Is it true that the CEO was an anti-white leftie who openly embraced diversity and rejected white skinned engineers?

[@wayne9094]

Great to hear a honest person on this .

[@fabirocha.locutora]

I admire your clarity on this tragic event. When you were in Brazil years ago I had the privilege of translating your speech, soon after the launch of Avatar and never had the opportunity of shaking your hand.

[@lynnshaw5068]

Thank you, Mr. Cameron, for all that you have done for underwater exploration, and of course the discovery of the Titanic. My grandmother was a young girl in 1912 and was to sail the Carpathia that fateful day. She and her mother were turned away at the port of Trieste to make the long train ride back home, not to mention the expense and later made passage to the US in December of the same year. When The titanic was finally discovered, and the movie was released I purchased the movie for the purpose of showing it to my grandmother, who is by then elderly. I did not know what her initial response would be to seeing this tragic event however, she did recall some of the details. Thank you again for all that you have done for science and mankind we we have immense respect for all that you have done an accomplished in the face of science.

[@jameshowland7393]

James Cameron did not discover Titanic. Robert Ballard did that.

[@Mr_ravee_]

Could you please share her recalled experiences.

[@aprilstchung3796]

Well spoken! He is an incredible man and he talks real sense.

[@2opler]

Warnings ignored, tragedy results. The gods of irony make their prescence felt.

[@MoontownMoss]

Dad?

[@aciidbraiin8079]

Sometimes I think dark irony humor is God’s favourite type of humor.

[@robderich8533]

Not to mention the irony that some billionaires dive to the worlds most legendary wreck where a few more billionaires died, only to become part of the legend themselves. I guess they got more than what they paid for.

[@gazfish]

We live in a world where technology can give us remote virtual access to anywhere on the planet and other planets with zero lives at risk, these guys wanted to say they’d been there for ego reasons only. Most of the time they’re looking at a screen in that tube.

[@MR_THINQ]

Yep, they’re in a sub looking at a screen! They might as well have have just watched the you tube videos of it, saved them 250k and their lives!

[@MrRocketguitar]

Sadly you are absolutely right

[@kpNov23]

Small minded comment. Watching skydiving is the same as doing skydiving? Or watching lions same as going on a safari? They paid for the whole adventuring experience.

[@One.Person]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKHTn3igo7qbeNU Unfortunately management always gets away with breaking safety rules.😑

[@nikkysexxy2210]

This guy is the ONLY One that makes perfect sense. And knows what he is talking about. The news media been playing on our faces talking bout 96 hours of oxygen KNOWING they knew the outcome & What happen , hearing sounds of an explosion on Monday. Why the foolery thou. These guys died in the same area as the titanic 😢

[@annarodriguez6808]

Wow, this guy knows what he's talking about

[@Zikar]

Brings up some good points about why didn't they start looking in the place they vanished, and why the authorities said nothing about the implosion sound they heard. I know that Cameron doesn't want to speculate, but I do wonder what the speculation is.

[@jeremybenson5305]

They did start looking in the place it vanished. But it took 4 days to get the assets there to be able to do that. Before then, all they could do was surface searches and sonar buoys. How hard is that to understand?

[@trevorbyrne4668]

They started looking there as soon as they could. They didn't have the ROVs until the day the debris was found. There are hardly any such submersibles that can dive so deep anywhere in the world. They scrambled two of them, one from a French ship that just happened to be relatively close (even then a few days away). So they searched that area as soon as was possible. The only question is why the sound of what turned out to be the implosion wasn't made public. The coastguard et al have said that the sound wasn't conclusive. They had other sounds to deal with which were also inconclusive, but which might have led to something - like the supposedly regular knocking sounds. There was a possible sub-like shape spotted on the ocean surface, too. They couldn't at the start investigate the spot of what turned out to be the implosion as they had no ROVs. So I guess they didn't want to talk publicly about something they couldn't investigate one way or the other til the ROVs arrived... I dunno. But I wouldn't go making a conspiracy out of it, or go criticizing the search and rescue effort. That was pretty heroic, especially given the speed of it, and the international element. People truly tried to save them. (And the Titan itself was a farce - it should never have been in the ocean.)

[@Checobeep]

He's implying bribery.

[@nokaton]

The coast guard doesn't have the ROV to go down there. They have to wait for the French ROV that arrives on Thursday. Even if the sonar finds something, it's still not a 'photo' of the debris that confirms the catastropy. Also, in my opinion, maybe the authority knows all along, but I think it's just a courtesy to wait until they have a physical evidence to confirm and declare that the 5 people have been dead all along.

[@HashiAkitaPuppy]

@@Checobeep no bribery, just bureaucratic theater and media hype. There was never any hope other than hoping to sell advertising time on TV.

[@guydreamr]

So the same hubris that brought about the first Titanic disaster also brought about the second.

[@Lorimars319]

I have so much respect for James Cameron. A man of wisdom and intelligence. A man who would never risk anyone’s life.

[@mattjacobson5774]

"Running around with their hair on fire" Questionable. They didn't have ROVs capable of getting down to the wreck site until a few days into the search.

[@jcc6789]

Wow what a fabulous and straightforward interview - kudos to mr cameron for his honesty

[@MrPicklerwoof]

While there are some salient points here regarding safety regulations, Cameron does seem to be missing the point regarding the search process. While yes, the strong likelihood was implosion, the search teams couldn't just assume that was true. Also, it took a few days for the right kind of vehicle to arrive to search the last known location. Perhaps he wasn't aware of the last part when doing the interview.

[@charlesfaure1189]

Actually they could. They knew what happened, but it was politically imprudent to say so until absolute proof could be provided.

[@MrPicklerwoof]

@@charlesfaure1189 No, they heard a sound which had a likelihood of being an implosion. They didn't 'know what happened'. If they'd known what happened then they could have cancelled the search straight away.

[@shancharan7834]

pretty straight forward answers.....no wonder he is a legend

[@rickmartin5132]

It was so preventable....they should never have gone. Seems crazy these experts went in it after seeing a "Game consul" controller, camper van light etc...and the Poor teenager kid taken to his doom by four grown men.

[@javierfrancia1938]

Is it true that the CEO was an anti-white leftie who openly embraced diversity and rejected white skinned engineers?

[@gendoruwo6322]

The teenager trusted his father. And the father was together with other supposedly smart adults. Plus the CEO himself comes with them. Can you really blame them for believing the CEO? They're not experts, they're just regular people, lied to by a delusional but unfortunately charismatic CEO. This scandal highlights the danger of totalitarian leadership: where no one can criticize the boss. The boss may be safe in his own bubble of power and authority. But the ocean does not play that game.

[@charlesfaure1189]

Apparently they weren't experts. Experience (in PH's case, at least) does not necessarily equal expertise.

[@180_S]

While he is spot on in his analysis of the senseless nature of this disaster, the reason they didn't find it sooner was because there were no ROVs on site until yesterday, correct?

[@pablodebella7695]

What a true genius James is

[@somedude9316]

I concur with all of this. I already knew that they were done when I heard that both tracking and comms were gone for the same reasons that James suspected. Its an autonomous system that is going to ping at intervals, no ping? No power. No power? Well... I'll let you finish that thought. Essentially everyone with any sort of experience on this matter has unanimously stated going down there was a bad idea. I felt just as bad with everyone talking about hope, and even asking for body recovery later. The ignorance brought a tear to my eye. My condolences to the families that are now smaller because of this.

[@javierfrancia1938]

Is it true that the CEO was an anti-white leftie who openly embraced diversity and rejected white skinned engineers?

[@MA-oj8zk]

Saying "you don't got all around searching since it's right there where it went down" he's not right. There are two basic options: (1) It imploded or was damaged and sunk to the ground or (2) it came up to the surface again. In the first scenario, without the related rescue gear, there is nothing you can do. And there was no related gear in place, it just had to be brought there, which given the distances easily takes a couple of days in minimu. And most probebly also with the right gear on the scene there is nothing you can do. In the second scenario, you still run against time to find the sub as they can not get out of the sub from the inside, so they still are living on the oxygen they have inside the sub. But there at least, if it's on the surface, you have a chance to locate it and start a rescue operation. Bottomline: It was absolutely correct to do a wide area search from the beginning. And as we know, the moment the french sub arrived on the scene, they directly search on the wreck and it didn't took long and they found the debris.

[@nate1084]

I agree. It was indeed a rescue mission, as the search was clearly hoping that the sub surfaced.

[@godbyone]

Wow you are smarter than Cameron

[@javierfrancia1938]

Is it true that the CEO was an anti-white leftie who openly embraced diversity and rejected white skinned engineers?

[@Mikeandlucy1]

Wrong, wrong, wrong. At the precise moment comms was lost, the locator beacon was also lost. Both these events coincided EXACTLY to the moment listening stations worldwide record a large explosion underwater. Although it was an implosion, that is in effect a reverse explosion and evidence that a catastrophe had occurred. From the data available, they would have know how close to the sea floor the sub was when this happened and from known tidal drift they could calculate exactly how far from the implosion site the debris would travel on its way to the bottom. That is the science, but of course you being an expert on these things can prove somebody like Cameron wrong. By the way, really proud of your achievement when you descended to the bottom of the Marianas Trench alone in a submersible and strangely managed to return safely to the surface because you knew what you were doing - unlike these people.

[@MA-oj8zk]

​@@Mikeandlucy1 First, the information, an implosion was heard, was not available immediately. Second, the possible implosion was not heard all around the world as you state but was picked up by a navy sub ocean hydrophonic sensor network. Third: Locator. There was no such thing as a locator on the sub. The sub while diving on defined intervalls was reporting its depth. That's it. And finally: How do you know the drift under water from the surface? The answer is: You don't. With all the false information you spread, you shouldn't call them science but rather imagination.

[@siamtradingpost4123]

Respect for you Mr Cameron, you were a movie-maker who became involved in this field. But unlike others, you took the time to learn and understand everything about deep manned underwater diving. Went from being one of the best Movie Makers to a leading expert in this field. Thank you for straight forward answers. Too bad, Rush with his greed and ego had to take four others with him to their deaths.

[@nadagabri5783]

LOVE HE points out THEY the Navy and others knew the day the sub lost communication and tracking it imploded yet kept leading the public on a wild goose chase. Would love to hear James “speculation”

[@MR_THINQ]

I think it was the fibreglass body that did it, that sub should have been made solely of titanium like the sub James went in. That fibreglass shell was too thin, it was supposed to be 7in thick - the now dead CEO wanted the sub built quickly and so it was only 5in thick. If the sub had been accredited this would never have happened as it would t have been down there in the first place. Also the port hole material was specified for up-to 1500m not 3500m and the manufacturers warned the CEO about this but he ignored it.

[@quasimodo8215]

You mean carbon fibre composite body.

[@javierfrancia1938]

Is it true that the CEO was an anti-white leftie who openly embraced diversity and rejected white skinned engineers?

[@jonathanalcover1539]

Profit and ambitions seem to drive to dark places time after time and it’s pretty clear we’ll never learn. His analogy with the Titanic captain seems to evoke other episodes like Chernobyl. Warnings were clear but the glory and laude were just too tempting

[@raginald7mars408]

was my first thought when the first News came out Monday that it must have imploded on the way down and a series of "cracks" may have caused the Agony of DOOM... the Public Pays$$$ for Drug Over Dose...

[@javierfrancia1938]

Is it true that the CEO was an anti-white leftie who openly embraced diversity and rejected white skinned engineers?

[@okay5045]

Refreshing blunt honesty from Cameron. Thank you

[@joshuaking34]

The man knows his stuff and is willing to cut through the b.s. and tell it like it is.

[@eastsidenicole]

And he made the game changer documentary, cutting through to the truth about being a vegan. He calls his diet a futurevore, the diet of the future. He's so ahead of his time.

[@white5mage]

@@eastsidenicole you can claim anything you do is from the future and then say you're ahead of time. This is such a moronic expression that people love because it's self-serving and makes them feel better than others.

[@AlecFlackie]

Intelligent and eloquently put.

[@alistairborland4680]

Your spot on with your comments , Great director and explorer

[@interesante80]

James Cameron being smart, real, and a little cocky - loving it!

[@williamroberts6803]

I love the line i don’t want to speculate after ten minutes speculating.

[@ilaril]

Just one thing: Carbon fibre can't implode. It shatters, and it does that instantly. It's tough to a point, but once it gives up, it does so by shattering.

[@charlesfaure1189]

The pressure vessel implodes when the shell shatters. Water under enormous pressure crushes the bubble of air and everything crushable inside.

[@sophieschoices9663]

Finally someone tells it all as it is. Agree with every single word.

[@abundanz]

Ironically, It was this movie which inspired many of these submarine passangers to visit the wreck. The heart of the sea diamond… decaprio… céline dion’s song. The movie captivated many people.

[@mrclasspcwizard]

JC you're the man. Words of pure gold really. Titanic teaches us about the consequences of bad decision making even after presenting information and facts of what lies ahead. Yet glory and greed sadly prevailed. OceanGate's expeditions to the Titanic are so ironic. It's not only about going to see the wreckage, but understand the story of what went wrong, and get an opportunity to learn from these mistakes. OceanGate delivered an authentic Titanic experience.

[@thryce82]

I appreciate him but it's a little hypocritical of him to say that the rescuers should have told the public they heard something on sonar. THey didnt for the same reason he didnt talk about what he knew. There might be a 0.01% chance those people were alive so you still got to look and it will do no one any good to hear all that. still respect to him. went from driving a truck to going to the deepest crevacies no earth.

[@lynnd.5135]

James Cameron dropped out of engineering at University and is a successful movie director. He is not some truck driver. No offense to truck drivers of course. He didn't have to say anything but the people who took the sub there had a duty of care to their CEO and his passengers and should have let the coast guard know. It's not the same to expect him to have said something. He is not involved in Oceangate

[@ahuachapan2]

0.01% chance and risk more lives and resources in the process? Sorry but they will not bring back them with hope. They should start the search in the last known location from first day instead of keeping hope alive.

[@astrazenica7783]

even I knew carbon fibre -- basically a laminated fabric weave in epoxy resin -- was a terrible idea for a deep sea sub.

[@AlecFlackie]

The pressure vessels are usually titanium spheres aren't they. The vehicle looked like something put together in someone's garden shed.

[@dhoraray1310]

Why so?!? Involved in the this crime?

[@tekay44]

@@Nick-mt4wk lol

[@not_glad]

Indeed! JC summed it up well when he says it's going to fail at some point but you won't know when until it happens. Carbon fibre is amazing but not for absolutly everything.

[@johndoggett808]

Similar to to SpaceX Falcon 9 that burst into flames on the launchpad in 2016 due to O2 ingress into the carbon fiber tank walls. But that wasn't subject to such high pressures. Also carbon fiber has high tensile strenghth, using it in compressive stress will shift the load more on to the epoxy resin (I would expect).

[@nadagabri5783]

This guy JC and Bob Ballard are the to best commenters on this incident by miles.

[@donovandelaney3171]

There hasn’t been a mini-submersible disaster like this in one hundred years.

[@NAYF76]

Quite possibly the greatest case of arrogant ignorance known to man.

[@zapfanzapfan]

They didn't look at the last known position first because they didn't have a vehicle there that could do that. Once one arrived, didn't take long to find the wreck.

[@mr-wx3lv]

No. He's spot on. This is a real eye opener. I naturally assumed that these deep sea diving subs were built and operated to the highest standards.

[@fotinifay7662]

Really sad... Especially knowing that this tragedy could have been avoided!

[@Godgotmealways]

Thank you Mr Cameron for having intelligence to tell the truth

[@shanegagnon3423]

James Cameron is a gem for this world.

[@biz4twobiz463]

So so much appreciated this interview!! I mean, this was real, precise, and raw. Just what I needed to hear!! Merci

[@cringycook9597]

When's there's nothing more important than self importance then there will be trouble ahead ☹️

[@michaeljmobley]

James Cameron really coming out hard after we now know the tragic results and he knew it from day 1 of the incident says a lot. He just didn't want to go on the news and say it because he knew dissenting to the hope that the world was having that they still could be rescued would look very bad. But everything he is saying makes a lot of sense.

[@ancientbriton8262]

James you need to campaign to stop titanic tourism, their is a complete lack of respect for the grave site, so as you say 111 years after the original disaster more lives are lost. Crazy

[@wimalky1]

My respect for this man... My lords.

[@waywardgeologist2520]

Thank you for putting this out!

[@nobodywalker5507]

If I booked this trip,I would have been off the sub as soon as he pulled out the PlayStation controller.

[@Davidadventures]

One issue with what Cameron said. He said that within a few hours, it was clear that the submersible had imploded and the rescuers were wasting their time. In a sense, that is true. However, until an ROV could arrive and locate the wreckage, a surface search was important. Nobody was certain what happened. The US Navy said they expected an implosion based on the event they monitored, but they were not certain. Planners had to prepare for a number of scenarios until the wreck was located.

[@JustOneRedSoloCup]

I wholeheartedly agree with this. It's disparaging to the efforts of all the involved rescue personnel. If there is any possibility to be reasonably considered, I would expect the effort to be genuinely made.

[@mxgirl918]

The (late) CEO apparently thought that the over emphasis on safety inhibited innovation in this industry. As James Cameron said, the parallel fates of the Titan and the Titanic is indeed ironic.

[@IbnBahtuta]

So "the authorities" knew on Monday that it was game over for all aboard. Why put the families', relatives, and friends, through the "we're running out of air" nightmare for the next three days then? The cost of this multinational search, which didn't even check out its last known position, will be paid for by whom?

[@jsmnzgb]

Well it was actually said briefly in the news about implosion sound heard on Monday or Tuesday...Makes you wonder what was happening behind the scenes that the public was not aware of! Maybe they did let families know much sooner, who knows!

[@williewonka6694]

The story was needed to cut off oxygen to breaking news of the sweet deal Hunter Biden and the "Big Guy" got from the Justice Department over their crimes.