Who are the five billionaires who went to see the remains of the Titanic?
By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: June 23, 2023 16:58 IST2023-06-23T16:58:27+5:302023-06-23T16:58:27+5:30
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A five-person submersible vessel taking tourists on a trip to see the wreckage of the 1912 Titanic disaster 3.8km (2.4 miles) undersea went missing in the Atlantic Ocean off eastern coast of Canada and the United States. On Thursday morning (IST), the US Coast Guard reported that the Titanic Submarine was destroyed in 'catastrophic implosion leaving all five dead.
Who is on board?
The Dawood family has confirmed that Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman are on board of the vessel. Shahzada, 48, is vice chairman of one of Pakistan’s largest conglomerates, Engro Corporation, with investments in fertilisers, vehicle manufacturing, energy and digital technologies. The father and son are citizens of the United Kingdom, the family said.The Dawoods belong to one of Pakistan’s most prominent families.
Hamish Harding
The British billionaire and chairman of aviation company Action Aviation is also among the dead, according to his stepson.Dubai-based Harding had posted on social media that he was proud to be heading to the Titanic as a “mission specialist”, adding: “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.”“The team on the sub has a couple of legendary explorers, some of [whom] have done over 30 dives to the RMS Titanic since the 1980s including PH Nargeolet,” he added.Harding was also on board the 2019 One More Orbit flight mission that set a record for the fastest circumnavigation of Earth by aircraft over both geographic poles.
Stockton Rush
The founder and CEO of the vessel’s US-based operating company OceanGate was also on board the submersible, according to media reports.“Rush became the youngest jet transport rated pilot in the world when he obtained his DC-8 Type/Captain’s rating at the United Airlines Jet Training Institute in 1981 at the age of 19,” according to his biography on OceanGate’s website.
Paul Henry Nargeolet
The 77-year-old French explorer, whom media say was one of the five on board, is director of underwater research at a company that owns the rights to the Titanic wreck. A former commander in the French Navy, he was both a deep diver and a mine sweeper.
