'That was just a cruel, slow turn of the screw for four days as far as I'm concerned,' he said. 'Because I knew the truth on Monday morning.'
LONDON —"Titanic" director James Cameron says the search operation for a deep-sea tourist sub turned into a"nightmarish charade" that prolonged the agony of the families of the passengers.
"That was just a cruel, slow turn of the screw for four days as far as I'm concerned," he said."Because I knew the truth on Monday morning." Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | Omny Studio | All Of Our Podcasts "For the sub's electronics to fail and its communication system to fail, and its tracking transponder to fail simultaneously — sub's gone," he told the British broadcaster.
National A Titanic expert, an adventurer, a CEO, and a father and son were killed in Titan's implosion Deep-sea explorers have voiced concerns about OceanGate Expeditions' Titan submersible, saying it was too experimental to carry passengers.
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