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91ƵTitanic91Ƶ director says search for missing sub became a 91Ƶnightmarish charade91Ƶ

James Cameron: 91ƵThat was just a cruel, slow turn of the screw for four days as far as I91Ƶm concerned91Ƶ

91ƵTitanic91Ƶ director James Cameron says turned into a 91Ƶnightmarish charade91Ƶ that prolonged .

Cameron told the BBC in an interview broadcast on Friday that he 91Ƶfelt in my bones91Ƶ that the had been lost soon after he heard it had lost contact with the surface during its descent to the wreckage of the ocean liner at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

He said focus in the media over the next few days about the submersible having 96 hours of oxygen supply 91Ƶ and that banging noises had been heard 91Ƶ were a 91Ƶprolonged and nightmarish charade.91Ƶ

91ƵThat was just a cruel, slow turn of the screw for four days as far as I91Ƶm concerned,91Ƶ he said. 91ƵBecause I knew the truth on Monday morning.91Ƶ

The Titan launched at 8 a.m. on Sunday, and was reported overdue that afternoon about 435 miles (700 kilometers) south of St. John91Ƶs, Newfoundland. On Thursday, U.S. Coast Guards said debris had been found on the ocean bed. Authorities said all five people aboard the submersible died when the vessel imploded.

Cameron, who has made more than 30 dives to the wreckage of the Titanic, said he knew an 91Ƶextreme catastrophic event91Ƶ had happened as soon as he heard the submersible had lost navigation and communications during its descent.

91ƵFor the sub91Ƶs electronics to fail and its communication system to fail, and its tracking transponder to fail simultaneously 91Ƶ sub91Ƶs gone,91Ƶ he told the British broadcaster.

91ƵFor me, there was no doubt. I knew that sub was sitting exactly underneath its last known depth and position, and that91Ƶs exactly where they found it. There was no search. When they finally got an ROV down there that could make the depth, they found it within hours. Probably within minutes.91Ƶ

The filmmaker has been an oceanography enthusiast since childhood and has made dozens of deep-sea dives, including one to the deepest point on Earth 91Ƶ the bottom of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean.

Cameron said that 91Ƶone of the saddest aspects of this is how preventable it really was.91Ƶ

91ƵWe now have another wreck that is based on, unfortunately, the same principles of not heeding warnings,91Ƶ he said.

Deep-sea explorers have voiced concerns about OceanGate Expeditions91Ƶ Titan submersible, saying it was too experimental to carry passengers.

OceanGate co-founder Guillermo Söhnlein told Times Radio that chief executive Stockton Rush, who was one of those onboard the Titan, was 91Ƶextremely committed to safety.91Ƶ

91ƵHe was also extremely diligent about managing risks, and was very keenly aware of the dangers of operating in a deep ocean environment,91Ƶ said Söhnlein , who no longer works for OceanGate.

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