Ross Kemp was set to dive to the Titanic on doomed submersible but production company…
24 June 2023, 10:45
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Ross Kemp was set to movie a documentary displaying him go to the wreck of the Titanic in the OceanGate submersible that imploded – but was instructed it was too harmful.
The former EastEnders star was filming his new collection of Ross Kemp: Deep Sea Treasure Hunter and was due to go to the grave of the ocean liner 12,000ft under the waves.
The documentary, which might have gone forward in 2022, was to mark the 110th anniversary of the Titanic.
But they determined not to use OceanGate’s craft, Titan, which is believed to have been destroyed in a tragedy that killed all 5 folks aboard together with the firm’s CEO.
Professor Jonathan Shalit, of Kemp’s company InterTalent, stated: “Their group checked out this OceanGate submersible and pulled out of utilizing it, because it was merely not thought-about protected or match for goal.
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“I am just relieved not to have had my post note in history as the agent who killed Ross Kemp.”
A TV insider instructed The Sun: “Ross had to get a deep sea diving certificates so he may dive at up to 40 metres, which requires quite a lot of instructing and studying.
“But when provisional enquiries had been made with OceanGate, the query was requested: ‘How a lot coaching does he want to go down in the submersible to the Titanic?’
“And the reply was: ‘None in any respect’.
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“The firm was checked out initially as a result of they had been a widely known organisation, but after Atlantic [Productions] began asking questions, any plans shortly unravelled.”
Atlantic Productions has beforehand filmed the Titanic with underwater cameras and took Sir David Attenborough down to the Great Barrier Reef.
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Five folks had been killed when the Titan went to the shipwreck on Sunday.
Billionaire Hamish Harding, 55, businessman Shahzada Dawood, 48, his son Suleman, 19, French ex-navy diver Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 77, died alongside Stockton Rush, the OceanGate boss.
It is believed the vessel imploded. Questions about the security of the Titan have been raised.
An American businessman has revealed he was provided a spot on the doomed OceanGate Titanic submersible and the firm’s CEO insisted it was safer than “crossing the street”.
Jay Bloom, a Las Vegas financier, shared texts from Stockton Rush – certainly one of the 5 passengers killed in the catastrophe – attempting to persuade him to e-book a $150,000 journey to see the ocean liner.
