Canadian filmmaker James Cameron, who directed the critically acclaimed ‘Titanic’, is talking about the recent Titan submersible tragedy.
Speaking to ABC News, the 68-year-old director said, “I’m struck by the similarity of the Titanic disaster itself, where the captain was repeatedly warned about ice ahead of his ship and yet he steamed at full speed into an ice field.” He continued: “For us, it’s a very similar tragedy where warnings went unheeded.
To take place at the same exact site with all the diving that’s going on all around the world, I think it’s just astonishing.
It’s really quite surreal.” READ MORE: Pilot Of Titanic Submarine’s Wife Is Descendant Of Couple Who Were On The Ship When It Sank In 1912 On Thursday, the US Coast Guard announced that several parts of the Titan, which went missing on Sunday, were found in a “debris field” approximately 1600 feet from the bow of the Titanic wreckage at the bottom of the sea floor.
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