June 22 (Reuters) - Movie director and submersible maker James Cameron said on Thursday he wishes he had sounded the alarm earlier about the submersible Titan that imploded on an expedition to the Titanic wreckage, saying he had found the hull design risky.
He is part of the small and close-knit submersible community, or Manned Underwater Vehicle (MUV) industry.
I wish I'd spoken up, but I assumed somebody was smarter than me, you know, because I never experimented with that technology, but it just sounded bad on its face," Cameron told Reuters in a Zoom interview.
The sub imploded," Cameron said.
The five who died mark the first deep-sea fatalities for the industry, Cameron said.
Persons:
James Cameron, Cameron, Oscar, OceanGate, We've, Rollo Ross, Daniel Trotta, Leslie Adler
Organizations:
Triton Submarines, Vehicle, Reuters, American Bureau of Shipping, U.S . Coast Guard, Navy, Wall Street, Thomson
Locations:
U.S