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'I knew Titanic submarine imploded on Monday and rescue was a 'charade', says James Cameron (youtu.be)

submitted 1 year ago by faltuuser to c/world

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Titanic director and submersible expert James Cameron said he predicted Titan's implosion days before the debris from the missing submersible was found, calling the search a 'prolonged nightmarish charade'. Mr Cameron, who has visited the world's most famous seawreck 30 times, said the tragedy this week has parallels with the the Titanic disaster, where the captain repeatedly ignored warnings about an incoming iceberg but carried on at top speed. A remote operated submarine from a Canadian ship found debris on the ocean floor. But search and rescue officials say the men likely died on Sunday - before military planes using sonar buoys detected what they thought could have been SOS 'banging' sounds in the water. The US Navy said they heard a sound consistent with an implosion when communications were lost around two hours after they dived. The Navy passed on that information to the Coast Guard, an insider said.

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[–] faltuuser 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They fooled the billionaires.

[–] vinnythegooch9 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yup, the one I'm I guess a little surprised about is Nargeolet after reading about the passengers.

Nargeolet’s family confirmed to CNN affiliate BFMTV that he was aboard the vessel.

The diver has decades of experience exploring the Titanic. He serves as the director of underwater research at RMS Titanic Inc., the company that has exclusive rights to salvage artifacts from the ship.

According to his biography on the company’s website, Nargeolet completed 35 dives to the Titanic wreck and supervised the recovery of 5,000 artifacts.

So I guess he was supposed to be like a tour guide or something almost? You would think he would know enough after 35 trips to see how hanky that sub was

[–] Geek_King 9 points 1 year ago

I wonder if some level of "Well, we've gone down 35 times before and it's never imploded before!" comes into play. After a bunch of successful runs, you probably consider it a known quanity. Instead of treating it like the tiny fragile metal tube it is, I mean even air planes go through rigorous pre-flight checks to make sure every thing is up to snuff, and airplanes are substantially less dangerous then being at the depths they'd push that little sub to.

[–] Krististrasza 5 points 1 year ago

They fooled themselves. The company director himself went down with it.