'I wish I had been more vocal about that, but I think I was unaware that they weren't certified because I wasn't really studying it.' In a scene from the movie 'Titanic,' written and directed by James Cameron, the bow of the Titanic wreckage, left, and the lights of the deep-sea research vessel Mir 1 can be seen.Ĭameron, who directed the Hollywood blockbuster 'Titanic,' has made more than 30 dives to the wreckage site, starting in the 1990s.
I think that's pretty clear,' movie director and explorer James Cameron told CBS News' partner network BBC News on Thursday. 'OceanGate shouldn't have been doing what it was doing. It was not the outcome anyone had hoped for, but for some deep-sea dive veterans, it was clear days before the tell-tale debris was spotted Thursday that the Titan had likely met a 'catastrophic' end. Navy detected a noise consistent with an implosion shortly after the Titan first lost contact Sunday.Īll five people who were on the Titan are presumed dead, and as CBS News correspondent Roxana Saberi reports, it's unclear if their bodies will ever be recovered. Coast Guard said Thursday that it would continue its investigation of the debris found near the Titanic wreckage to try to find out how and when the OceanGate Titan submersible imploded after diving to visit the famous shipwreck. Recovery efforts underway for Titan sub 06:14
