Ross Kemp pulled out of plans to film on doomed submersible Titan amid safety fears.
Ross Kemp almost filmed Titan doc
The 58-year-old documentary maker almost made a TV show about diving down to the Titanic on an OceanGate submersible but his production company pulled the plug, after it did not pass their stringent safety checks.
Ross' agent, InterTalent boss Professor Jonathan Shalit, told The Sun newspaper: "Their team checked out this OceanGate submersible and pulled out of using it, as it was simply not considered safe or fit for purpose.
"They found other sub dives which have been safe and successful, but by that point Ross was so busy with all his TV shows that he was unable to commit the time.
"I am just relieved not to have had my post note in history as the agent who killed Ross Kemp."
A source added: "Ross had to get a deep sea diving certificate so he could dive at up to 40 metres, which requires a lot of teaching and learning.
“But when provisional enquiries were made with OceanGate, the question was asked: ‘How much training does he need to go down in the submersible to the Titanic?’ And the answer was: ‘None at all’.
“The company was looked at initially because they were a well-known organisation, but after Atlantic started asking questions, any plans quickly unravelled.”
The Titan submersible hit the headlines this week when it went missing with five passengers on board, during a mission to view the Titanic.
It was later revealed that the five men aboard the mini-sub died instantly when it suffered a “catastrophic” implosion.
They were named as billionaire Hamish Harding, 55, businessman Shahzada Dawood, 48, and his son Suleman, 19, OceanGate chief Stockton Rush, 61, and Titanic expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 77.
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