Netflix has landed in hot water with viewers over making the 1997 blockbuster Titanic available to stream on the platform, just days after the tragic OceanGate Titan vessel implosion. The hit film, starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio, is set to return to Netflix on July 1 - just days after five people died on the submersible while attempting to visit the famous shipwreck.
The move has been deemed "ruthless" by some Twitter users. On June 18, the submersible suffered a “catastrophic implosion” on its tenth visit to the site of the Titanic - 12,500 ft below sea level.
All five passengers are presumed to have died in the incident - including OceanGate CEO and founder Stockton Rush. Others included British businessman Hamish Harding, French diver Paul-Henri Nargeolet, Pakistani billionaire Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood.