Titan sub was trying to surface, passengers knew hull was 'starting to crack'

What is missing from the article is the ascent weights were found in a different location as the wreckage, which led to the hypothesis that the passengers knew the submersible’s hull was failing and had dropped the weights to ascent.

Also, Cameron is the first person to do a solo descent to the Mariana Trench. Based on the interview, he was involved in the engineering and design of that Deepsea Challenger submersible and they concluded that the titanium+carbon-fiber hull design (which Oceangate used) is unsuitable. So, he’s not just “another celebrity”; his testimony carries some weight.

> "It's our belief, we understand from inside the community, that they had dropped their ascent weights, and they were coming up, trying to manage an emergency," Cameron added.

How would they have known that?

I wish this guy would shut up already, he doesn't have some magical inside info on the investigation and neither does 'the community' he referenced. Responsible members of said community are withholding this sort of judgment and sensationalism because they're professionals, not Hollywood attention... you know.

Wrong title - this is James Cameron's speculation based on unnamed sources.

The last transmissions between Titan and Mother ship Indicated an issue down around 3500 m? Red lights and cracking sound Ballast was dumped as well as skid Making little headway to the surface Thruster issues and electrical concerns Switching buss A to buss b ... Then ALL the RED LIGHTS flashed ON! End of message

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This is a useless article with no facts.

assuming that this is true, the time frame of going from 'sensors detect hull damage' to 'implosion' is probably very brief, giving little hope of doing anything .

Really wish one of these interviewers, in the middle of peppering him with solicitations for opinions on Titan, would ask James Cameron the important question on everyone's mind: why hasn't he released True Lies on Blu Ray yet.