A submersible carrying a pilot and four commercial passengers including a British billionaire, a French explorer and two members of one of Pakistan’s most prominent families, went missing on Sunday while traveling to the site of the Titanic wreck.
Canadian and U.S. rescue teams are searching for the vehicle that has less than four days of air supply. The mission was led by OceansGate, a privately-owned company that runs commercial projects, scientific research and exploration in deep water.
While authorities have yet to disclose who was on board, here’s what to know about the five submersible passengers that have been identified.
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Hamish Harding
British explorer and private jet dealer, Hamish Harding, 58, is the chairman of Action Aviation, a global sales company in business aviation.
He’s been to space and holds three Guinness World Records, including longest time spent traversing the deepest part of the ocean on a single dive and fastest circumnavigation of Earth via both geographic poles by airplane.
This trip is not the first time Harding paid for an extreme adventure. Las year, he attended spent 10-minutes in space on the New Shepherd rocket with Blue Origin, a space exploration company founded by Jeff Bezos.
“I am proud to finally announce that I joined OceanGate Expeditions for their RMS TITANIC Mission as a mission specialist on the sub going down to the Titanic,” Harding said in a Facebook post. “Due to the worst winter in Newfoundland in 40 years, this mission is likely to be the first and only manned mission to the Titanic in 2023.”
Shahzada Dawood, Suleman Dawood
Shahzada Dawood, 48, is a member of one of Pakistan’s most prominent families. He serves as the vice chairman on the board of Engro Corporation since 2003, according to the World Economic Forum, and joined the…
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