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  • James Cameron denies engaged on Titanic submersible catastrophe film

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: Filmmaker James Cameron blasted “offensive rumours” that he’s in talks to helm a characteristic movie in regards to the latest Titan submersible tragedy that killed 5 folks on their voyage to the Titanic wreck website.

    Owned by OceanGate Expeditions, Titan had been chronicling the Titanic’s decay and the underwater ecosystem round it through yearly voyages since 2021.

    The submersible imploded close to the wreckage of the doomed vessel, killing all 5 folks on board on June 18.

    Cameron, who directed the Oscar-winning 1997 catastrophe drama “Titanic” based mostly on the sinking of the titular ship, took to Twitter on Saturday to publicly condemn rumours.

    “I don’t respond to offensive rumors in the media usually, but I need to now, I’m NOT in talks about an OceanGate film, nor will I ever be,” the filmmaker and sea explorer wrote.

    Recently, Cameron, 68, instructed an American information outlet that he was “struck by the similarity” of the ill-fated submersible and the Titanic itself.

    Last month, the US Coast Guard stated particles discovered in the course of the seek for Titan “is in keeping with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel.

    ” OceanGate Expeditions CEO Stockton Rush, Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, and Paul-Henri Nargeolet have been killed within the implosion.

    LOS ANGELES: Filmmaker James Cameron blasted “offensive rumours” that he’s in talks to helm a characteristic movie in regards to the latest Titan submersible tragedy that killed 5 folks on their voyage to the Titanic wreck website.

    Owned by OceanGate Expeditions, Titan had been chronicling the Titanic’s decay and the underwater ecosystem round it through yearly voyages since 2021.

    The submersible imploded close to the wreckage of the doomed vessel, killing all 5 folks on board on June 18.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Cameron, who directed the Oscar-winning 1997 catastrophe drama “Titanic” based mostly on the sinking of the titular ship, took to Twitter on Saturday to publicly condemn rumours.

    “I don’t respond to offensive rumors in the media usually, but I need to now, I’m NOT in talks about an OceanGate film, nor will I ever be,” the filmmaker and sea explorer wrote.

    Recently, Cameron, 68, instructed an American information outlet that he was “struck by the similarity” of the ill-fated submersible and the Titanic itself.

    Last month, the US Coast Guard stated particles discovered in the course of the seek for Titan “is in keeping with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel.

    ” OceanGate Expeditions CEO Stockton Rush, Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, and Paul-Henri Nargeolet have been killed within the implosion.

  • Ship carrying particles from Titan submersible returns to Canadian port

    By Associated Press: A ship that had been trying to find the ill-fated Titan submersible is again in port in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Wednesday, with particles from the destroyed vessel.

    The Canadian-flagged Horizon Arctic carried a remotely operated car, or ROV, that searched the ocean flooring not removed from the wreck of the Titanic, about 700 kilometers (435 miles) south of Newfoundland.

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    The house owners of the ROV, US-based Pelagic Research Services, confirmed that its staff has efficiently accomplished offshore operations.

    The firm mentioned it’s eradicating its tools from the Horizon Arctic after “working around the clock for 10 days.”

    Photos from the wharf present what seem like a number of items of the submersible being lifted from the ship, together with the nostril cone with its distinctive round window.

    The Titan was destroyed in a catastrophic implosion throughout its June 18 descent to the Titanic website virtually 4 kilometers (about 2.4 miles) beneath the floor of the ocean, ensuing within the deaths of all 5 passengers and crew.

    The US Coast Guard declared the boys lifeless Thursday after the ROV noticed the Titan’s wreckage about 500 meters from the bow of the sunken luxurious liner.

    Pelagic mentioned its staff members can’t present info associated to the continuing investigation led by the US Coast Guard.

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  • US couple drops lawsuit in opposition to OceanGate CEO after Titan submersible tragedy

    By India Today World Desk: A pair within the United States dropped a lawsuit in opposition to OceanGate after the corporate’s CEO was killed when the Titan submersible imploded underwater final week. OceanGate CEO, Stockton Rush, together with 4 others, died onboard the submersible when the vessel started its journey to discover the shipwreck of the well-known Titanic, which had sunk in 1912.

    As per stories, the couple –Marc and Sharon Hagle– had filed a lawsuit in February claiming Stockton Rush had repeatedly cancelled the deep-sea dive they’d booked on the Titan submersible in 2018. However, upon receiving the information that Rush had died, the couple mentioned that the “honour, respect and dignity” of the victims had been extra essential than their declare.

    “Like most around the world, we have watched the coverage of the OceanGate Titan capsule with great concern and an enormous amount of sadness and compassion for the families of those who lost their lives,” the couple was quoted as saying by Fox35.

    In gentle of those tragic occasions, we’ve knowledgeable our attorneys to withdraw all authorized actions in opposition to Stockton,” the couple added.

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    The fatal deep-sea expedition in the North Atlantic claimed five lives, including a 19-year-old boy from Pakistan, Suleman Dawood, who had joined the others only to please his father who was onboard too. The underwater voyage was estimated at 3,700 metres below the surface of the ocean. The submersible was declared destroyed by the US Coast Guard after the Titan sub had gone missing on June 18. It was untraceable for nearly two days.

    CASE AGAINST OCEANGATE

    As per the Hagle couple’s lawsuit, a deposit amount of $210,000 was made to OceanGate in the hope of becoming among the first of the deep-sea exploration company’s paying customers. They sued the entity in Orange County after the couple became doubtful about the submersible’s readiness for the planned departure date.

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    Now, the couple has requested a refund of their deposit and stated they wanted to withdraw from the underwater expedition.

    The Titan, built by a company called OceanGate, had made previous dives to the wreck of the Titanic. But on June 18, the vessel finally began its descent towards the Titanic but lost contact with the controlling ship, Polar Prince, within two hours.

    Four days later, authorities said that all five crew members on the submersible Titan were killed in a “catastrophic implosion”.

    Rush died together with Pakistani billionaire Shahzada Dawood, his son Suleman, British billionaire Hamish Harding and French diver Paul-Henri Nargeolet.

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  • 19-year-old Suleman Dawood who died onboard Titan sub took Rubik’s Cube on Titanic journey. Here’s why

    By India Today World Desk: Suleman Dawood, one of many 5 passengers killed within the deadly voyage to the century-old wreck of the Titanic, carried his Rubik’s Cube with him, his mom instructed the media.

    The 19-year-old who was onboard the Titan submersible together with his father, Pakistani billionaire Shahzada Dawood, died after the sub imploded underwater. The submersible went lacking on June 18. Shahzada and Suleman, together with three others, died within the “catastrophic implosion”.

    Suleman’s mom instructed the BBC that her son had utilized to the Guinness World Records to interrupt the world file and remedy the Rubik’s Cube underwater. Reports counsel that Suleman’s father, Shahzada, even took a digicam with him to seize his son breaking the world file.

    “He (Suleman) said I am going to solve the Rubik’s Cube 3,7000 metres below the sea at the Titanic,” she instructed the BBC whereas throwing gentle on her son’s love for the Cube. She additional stated that she and her daughter would study and remedy the Rubik’s Cube in honour of Suleman and that she would proceed her husband’s work.

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    Suleman’s mom, Christine Dawood, was on Polar Prince, the submersible’s assist vessel, together with her daughter when she acquired the information of the disappearance of the Titan. The submersible had misplaced contact in lower than two hours after making a dive into the wreckage of the Titanic, which had sunk in 1912.

    Speaking concerning the tragedy, she stated, “I think I lost hope when we passed the 96-hour mark (of losing contact with the Titan).”

    “I miss them, I really, really miss them,” she instructed BBC.

    “I did not comprehend at that moment what it meant and then it just went downhill from there,” Christine instructed the BBC. She additionally talked about her preliminary plans for becoming a member of the deep-sea expedition however her journey was cancelled as a result of pandemic.

    “I stepped back and gave them space to set Suleman up because he really wanted to go,” she added.

    Earlier, Suleman’s kin had instructed the BBC that he was reluctant about becoming a member of the voyage and was “terrified” concerning the journey within the North Atlantic.

    The others who have been killed on the Titan submersible have been Stockton Rush, the 61-year-old CEO of OceanGate and Titan’s pilot, British businessman Hamish Harding, 58, and French explorer Paul-Henry Nargeolet, 77.

    The expedition to the Titanic shipwreck was a tragedy after it was revealed on Thursday that there was a “catastrophic implosion” of the submersible on Sunday, the day it was launched and misplaced all contact.

    Parts of the submersible have been discovered on Thursday, roughly 1,600ft (487m) from the bow of the Titanic wreck.

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  • Catastrophic implosion ends 5-day search to avoid wasting 5 onboard Titan submersible

    Titan, a deep-sea submersible carrying 5 folks on a voyage to the century-old wreck of the Titanic, was present in items from a “catastrophic implosion” that killed everybody aboard, mentioned the US Coast Guard, ending a multinational five-day seek for the vessel.

  • Mystery round Titan submersible ends. Debris discovered close to Titanic wreck

    The around-the-clock seek for the Titan submersible has reached its tragic finish. The 5 individuals aboard the submersible had been killed after the vessel imploded deep within the North Atlantic. 

    Debris from the submersible was discovered roughly 1,600 ft from Titanic’s wreckage. 

    The announcement was made by the US Coast Guard when the submersible’s 96-hour provide of air ran out. 

    The Titan launched at 6 am on June 18, and was reported overdue the identical afternoon about 435 miles south of St. John’s, Newfoundland. 

  • Man linked to Kuno cheetahs amongst 5 on lacking Titanic submersible

    By India Today World Desk: A submersible that was launched to take 5 individuals, 4 vacationers and a pilot, to the Titanic shipwreck web site has gone lacking and the probabilities of them rising alive are rising bleak with each passing minute. The Titan submersible vacationer vessel was launched on Sunday and misplaced communication after an hour and forty-five minutes into its journey in direction of the Titanic shipwreck within the North Atlantic ocean.

    Among these on board is UAE-based British billionaire-explorer Hamish Harding who has labored with the Indian authorities to reintroduce eight wild cheetahs from Namibia to India, in response to information company PTI. He had flown to Madhya Pradesh to relocate the cheetahs to the state’s Kuno National Park in September final 12 months.

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    Shahzada Dawood, a British-Pakistani billionaire, was additionally on the submersible alongside along with his 19-year-old son Suleman.

    In a press release launched on Tuesday, Dawood’s household had mentioned, “Our son Shahzada Dawood and his son, Suleman, had embarked on a journey to visit the remnants of the Titanic in the Atlantic Ocean.”

    French explorer Paul-Henry Nargeolet can also be on board the submersible operated by OceanGate, in response to a Facebook submit by British billionaire Hamish Harding.

    Stockton Rush, the founder and chief govt officer of OceanGate, was the pilot of Titan.

    ALSO READ | Decoding Titan: The sub that vanished with 5 onboard whereas touring Titanic

    OceanGate Expeditions, an organization providing eight-day missions to see the Titanic particles for USD 250,000 per particular person, confirmed that the submarine was misplaced at sea.

    The firm mentioned in a press release that it’s “exploring and mobilising all options to bring the crew back safely,” as per a PTI report.

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