James Cameron knew that Titan was at the bottom

Film director and director of the film Titanic, James Cameronwho traveled by submarine Titaniumadmitted that on June 18 he knew that a tragedy had occurred.

“In one hour [después del incidente] we have received confirmation that there was a loud bang communication was lost at the time,” Cameron said in a statement to Reuters. “Loud blow on hydrophone. Transponder loss. Communication loss. He knew what happened. The submarine exploded,” he added.

The director indicated that on Monday, June 19, he sent an email to his colleagues, mentioning the loss of “some friends” and that the submarine “at the bottom in pieces“.

Cameron and the Terrible Titan Idea

But in addition to commenting that he already had a bad feeling about Titan’s outcome, James Cameron criticized the materials the submersible was built from.

He the director commented that he was skeptical having heard that OceanGate Expeditions, which operated the Titan, is building a deep submersible with a carbon fiber and titanium composite hull.

“I thought it was a terrible idea. I would like to speak but I assumed someone smarter than me because I never experimented with this technology, but to the naked eye it sounded bad,” he said.