A month after the deadly implosion of a Titan submarine that caused the death of 5 passengers including billionaires, there were reports about the production of a web series or a movie based on the tragedy
James Cameron, the director of Titanic, was reportedly planning a movie on the Titan submarine tragedy which took place around the debris of the Titanic ship. Cameron has refuted the reports
James Cameron wrote in his post on Instagram, "I don't respond to offensive rumours in the media usually, but I need to now. I'm NOT in talks about an OceanGate film, nor will I ever be."
On June 22, Titan submersible went missing while it was enroute to see the Titanic wreckage lying 12,500 feet deep into the sea, south-southeast off the coast of Newfoundland. The wreckage lies in two main pieces about 2,000 feet (600 m) apart
The Titan submersible was carrying five passengers UK billionaire Hamish Harding, Pakistani billionaire Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman, French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, and Stockton Rush, founder and CEO of OceanGate
Hours after the Titan submersible was sent off to its destination, it lost contact with the control room. A week later, all the tourists were declared dead due to an implosion. Later on, the divers also found debris from the Titan submersible
Recently, OceanGate, the company which had organised the Titanic expedition deleted its website and all social media handles. An archived version of the OceanGate Expeditions website from July 8 reveals that the company initially displayed the suspension notice prominently on their website. Now the links lead to pages informing about the suspension of the company’s exploration and commercial operations
Karl Stanley, a former passenger of the Titan submersible and friend of late OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, has claimed that Stockton was aware of the potential risks involved in the expedition. He told The Guardian, “I think Stockton was designing a mousetrap for billionaires.”
Foreign media outlets had earlier reported that Karl Stanley, who is also a Honduras submarine tour operator, heard some mystery gunshots from the Titan submarine, though he could not spot any other vessel around him