Who was on board the Titanic sub? Here’s what we know about the passengers

The five men who were aboard the Titan were declared dead on Thursday after search and rescue crews found evidence the submersible had imploded.

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The five people who have been missing since going on a deep sea dive destined for the Titanic shipwreck are believe to have died, officials said Thursday.

“These men were true explorers who shared a distinct spirit of adventure, and a deep passion for exploring and protecting the world’s oceans,” OceanGate, the company that developed the submersible, said in a statement. “Our hearts are with these five souls and every member of their families during this tragic time.”

The passengers included British businessman Hamish Harding, Pakistani investor Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman, French diver Paul-Henri Nargeolet and OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush.

Here’s what we know about them.

Hamish Harding

British businessman Hamish Harding, pictured here in Beverly Hills, Calif., in January, was the holder of three Guinness World Records.

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Harding was the chairman of Action Aviation, an aviation sales and consulting company.

Retired NASA astronaut Terry Virts told NPR his friend Harding “is an explorer by nature.”

Harding broke the Guinness world record for the fastest flight around both the Earth’s poles in 2019, in which Virts was a crew member. Harding has additionally broken Guinness world records for…