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James Cameron reacts sub implosion: 'I'm struck by the similarity of the Titanic disaster itself' (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/news@beehaw.org

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Film director James Cameron has expertise in designing and testing these submersibles, and he has many criticisms of the design of the sub that imploded, and of the hubris of the CEO who ignored repeated safety warnings from the diving community. He also mentions that the sub seems to have been attempting to resurface when it imploded, suggesting that they were aware the hull was starting to fail.

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[–] brihuang95@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

hasn't this guy gone to the deep sea in a sub all by himself? wild

[–] chaogomu@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Cameron did it in a sub that was tested and certified. The Titan sub was not actually tested or certified, because that would have been expensive.

Hell, Titan's view port was only rated for 1300 meters, not the 4000 meters of the Titanic wreck.

[–] grahamsz@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hey - it's only 1.7 miles short, it just sounds bad when you put it in meters

[–] darkmugglet@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

That's justification for a negligence claim. Staying that your sub meets or exceeds a standard and knowing the view port wasn't certified to those depths is the very definition of negligence. And then knowing the vessel was only a single use and using multiple times seems like a really good claim on manslaughter. Rush is lucky he's dead.

[–] brihuang95@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

oof, guess it shouldn't be surprising that they went missing...

[–] Epilektoi_Hoplitai@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago

He's pretty involved in the deep sea submersible community by all accounts, supposedly he's dived to the Titanic site 33 times and been involved in the design of some of the vessels used.

[–] SugarApplePie@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that's how he found all the Na'vi actors for Avatar!

[–] communication@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Cameron made a documentary about his sub called "Deep Sea Challenge" that's pretty enjoyable. It's available for free on Pluto TV, for those able to VPN into the USA.

Cameron's sub wasn't officially certified, but it was extremely well tested and he's been clear that he never would have let anyone else use it without certifying it first.