James Cameron Claims Titan Tragedy Is Similar To Titanic Disaster: It’s Astonishing & Quite Surreal

In what came as a shocking incident, the crew of the Titan submersible has reportedly died in a 'catastrophic implosion'. It is reported that the operated vehicle, with five men onboard, was on the tour of the Titanic wreckage site which is two miles beneath the ocean surface.

While all onboard the submersible is feared to be dead, the owner of the missing submersible OcenGate released an official statement in this regard. The company said, "We now believe that our CEO Stockton Rush, Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, and Paul-Henri Nargeolet, have sadly been lost. We grieve the loss of life and joy they brought to everyone they knew."

The news has undoubtedly broken a millions of hearts and has left everyone brimming with an opinion. Amid this, ace filmmaker James Cameron has struck by the similarity between the Titan tragedy and the Titanic disaster which took place in 1912. For the uninitiated, James Cameron happens to be the director of Titanic which had shown the footage of the actual Titanic wreck site.

Talking to ABC News, Cameron 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 on a moonless night and many died as a result. It's a very similar tragedy at the exact same site. It's astonishing and really quite surreal".

In fact, James Cameron also emphasised that the news of tragedy came with a 'zero surprise' for him. "This thing seemed like a prolonged nightmare," he added. He also revealed that he was quite close to one of the Titan passengers Paul-Henri Nargeolet who was a legendary French pilot.

The duo had known each other for around 25 years. And while the news of his unfortunate demise has shocked Cameron, the filmmaker admitted that it is 'impossible to process' Nargeolet's tragic death in the submersible tragedy. Meanwhile, he has sent his condolence to the families of the deceased who were given false hopes for 4 days.