Titanic sub rescue was a 'nightmarish, prolonged charade that gave families false hope'

James Cameron has called the missing Titanic submarine search a 'prolonged and nightmarish charade'.

Titanic director and submersible expert James, 68, said he predicted Titan's implosion days before the debris from the missing submersible were found and said that the families of the five passengers on-board have been given 'false hope' for days one end.

Mr Cameron - who has visited the Titanic's shipwreck over 30 times - likened the tragedy this week to the actual Titanic disaster, where the captain repeatedly ignored warnings about an incoming iceberg but still decided to carry on at high speed, leading to thousands of people losing their lives in the water.