Canadian filmmaker James Cameron has clarified rumors that pointed to a Titan projectan OceanGate submersible that imploded to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean while exploring the wreckage of the Titanic.

Cameron, who is known to be the director of the movie “Titanic”, He turned to his social networks to deny these speculationss that circulated in the media.

“Normally I don’t respond to offensive rumors in the media, but I need it now. I’m not talking about an OceanGate movie, and I never will be.”he wrote on his Twitter account.

June 18 ocean gatea company based in the United States, he sent a small submersible called “Titan” with his crew to observe, in a touristic way, the remains of the historic Titanic in the Atlantic Ocean.

As we know, the small vessel was to return to the surface seven hours later. However, when less than two hours passed, contact with her was lost.

After learning of the vessel’s disappearance, a joint rescue operation between the United States and Canada was launched to find the five passengers alive.

However, After several days of relentless searching, teams discovered that the ship had imploded shortly after it was submerged.which caused the immediate death of the occupants, among whom was the head of the company, Stockton Rush.

At the time, James Cameron told ABC News: “I am struck by the similarity between the disaster of the Titanic, whose captain was repeatedly warned of the ice ahead of the ship, and yet he sped towards an ice field on a moonless night, and by many people died”.

Cameron, in addition to directing the 1997 film, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, He also knows what it’s like to descend to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean to the wreckage of the Titanic, having completed the expedition 33 times.