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Deepsea Challenger (DCV 1) was a 7.3-metre (24 ft) deep-diving submersible designed to reach the bottom of the Challenger Deep, the deepest-known point on Earth.On 26 March 2012, Canadian film director James Cameron piloted the craft to accomplish this goal in the second crewed dive reaching the Challenger Deep.
In 1960, Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard were the first two humans to reach Challenger Deep, completing that dive as a team. [4] 52 years later, James Cameron became the first person to solo dive that point. Piccard, Walsh and Cameron remained the only people to reach the Challenger Deep until 2019, when regular dives in DSV Limiting Factor began.
Allum designed the Deepsea Challenger submarine that took James Cameron to the Challenger Deep, the lowest point on Earth and the bottom of the Mariana Trench, 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) below sea level. This record-breaking exploration took place on 26 March 2012. [2]
In 2012, Cameron became the first person to solo pilot a sub to the world’s deepest point, Challenger Deep, in the Mariana Trench, 11km beneath the ocean’s surface.
In 2012, Cameron piloted the Deepsea Challenger into the Challenger Deep — the deepest known part of the seabed. "I've been down [to the Titanic ] many times," Cameron told ABC News, placing his ...
James Cameron filmed a sub implosion scene for his film 'The Abyss' 11:53, Holly Evans. ... Missing Titanic submarine: Timeline of how the deep-sea tragedy unfolded. 06:03, Graeme Massie.
In this role, on March 7, 2012, he dived five miles deep to the bottom of the New Britain Trench with the Deepsea Challenger. [127] 19 days later, Cameron reached the Challenger Deep, the deepest part of the Mariana Trench. [128] [129] [130] He spent more than three hours exploring the ocean floor, becoming the first to accomplish the trip alone.
LONDON (AP) — “Titanic” director James Cameron says the search operation for a deep-sea tourist sub turned into a “nightmarish charade” that prolonged the agony of the families of the ...