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#JamesCameron slammed the multinational rescue effort that unfolded following a loss in communication with the doomed
#OceanGate submersible one year ago. “We all knew they were dead. We’d already hoisted a toast to our fallen comrades on [the] Monday night,” he explained in an interview with “60 Minutes Australia.”
The five people onboard OceanGate’s submersible lost connection with their host ship a few hours into their descent to the wreckage of the Titanic on June 18, 2023. A sound of an implosion or explosion was detected around the same time by the U.S. Navy, but was determined to be “not definitive.”
What unfolded next was a multi-day, multinational rescue effort coordinated by the United States, Germany, Britain, France and Canada. Canadian Air Force sonar equipment detected sounds of banging on the ocean floor, which spurred public interest bordering on obsession until the 22nd, when all five passengers were confirmed dead.
“It just transformed into this crazy thi...