James Cameron compares OceanGate sub implosion to Titanic shipwreck: ‘Warnings went unheeded’ by captains

“Titanic” director James Cameron compared the OceanGate submersible implosion to the original Titanic disaster in an interview Thursday. Cameron, 68, noted the hubris involved in both cases. “I’m struck by the similarity of the Titanic disaster itself, where the captain was repeatedly warned about ice ahead of his ship, and yet he steamed at full speed into an ice field on a moonless night and many people died as a result,” he told ABC News. “It’s a very similar tragedy where warnings went unheeded.” Cameron himself has explored the Titanic wreckage an estimated 33 times, and his 1997 Oscar-wi...