Ross Kemp turned down OceanGate submersible journey over security fears
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ritish documentary-maker Ross Kemp turned down a visit to see the Titanic on an OceanGate submersible for a tv present.
The former EastEnders star, 58, had been eager to participate within the mission final 12 months nevertheless it was deemed to be unsafe.
An skilled manufacturing firm carried out checks and determined it will be too dangerous to let anyone board the Titan submersible to view the shipwreck on the seafloor of the North Atlantic, off the coast of Canada.
The lesson to be learnt is do your checks totally. By luck for us the checks had been executed totally
Kemp’s agent, InterTalent chairman Professor Jonathan Shalit, mentioned they pulled out of utilizing the OceanGate craft as a result of it was deemed to be unsafe “on every level”.
Prof Shalit advised the PA news company: “The production company, who are well known and renowned, looked into the sub and decided it was unsafe on every level and weren’t prepared to use it.
“We were told ‘it is unsafe, we are not going’ – that was a year ago.
“It is deeply sad for the families who have suffered such a terrible loss.
“I am relieved that Ross did not participate but I am obviously reassured by the professionalism of those companies we were working with that they didn’t suggest that he go on the submarine.
“The lesson to be learnt is do your checks thoroughly. By good fortune for us the checks had been done thoroughly.”
The US Coast Guard provided its “deepest condolences” to the households of the 5 males after the tail cone of the submersible was discovered round 1,600ft from the bow of the Titanic wreckage off the coast of Newfoundland.
British billionaire Hamish Harding, UK-Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, his 19-year-old son Suleman Dawood, the vessel’s pilot Stockton Rush and French nationwide Paul-Henri Nargeolet had been on board.
At a press convention in Boston, Rear Admiral John Mauger mentioned additional particles was “consistent with a catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber”.
Kemp had been contemplating making a documentary to mark the one hundred and tenth anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic on its maiden voyage from Southampton in 1912.
Veteran explorer Josh Gates, who hosts Expedition Unknown on Discovery+, additionally revealed he turned down the prospect to movie on the doomed Titan submersible.
He tweeted that he had rejected the chance to movie in 2021 as a result of the vessel “did not perform well” throughout a take a look at dive.
He wrote: “Ultimately, I walked away from a huge opportunity to film Titanic due to my safety concerns with the OceanGate platform.
“There’s more to the history and design of Titan that has not been made public — much of it concerning.”