Five crew members may have died on board a submersible that has been missing since Sunday while exploring the wreck of the Titanic in the North Atlantic.
Three of the crew — Hamish Harding, Stockton Rush and Shahzada Daoud — are top businessmen in their fields.
The others were science fiction buff Surman (Daoud’s 19-year-old son) and French adventurer and Titanic expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet, who led six expeditions to The wreck of the ship.
Five crew members aboard the missing Titan submersible died in a “catastrophic implosion,” according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
John Mauger, 1st Coast Guard Regional Commander, said at a news conference on Thursday: “On Thursday morning, a remote-controlled vehicle spotted the wreck on the ocean floor about 500 meters from the bow of the Titanic. Fragments of the Nickelodeon.”
“The wreckage has been analyzed and confirmed to belong to the Titan and the family has been told there are no survivors. The bodies of the five dead crew members may never be found,” he added.
Below are more details of the merchant
Hamish Harding
Harding is a British businessman, pilot, explorer and space tourist living in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The British billionaire is the founder of Action Group and chairman of Action Aviation, an international aircraft brokerage based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Aside from his business, the 58-year-old holds several Guinness World Records, including flying around the poles of the Earth in a plane for the fastest time, which he and his team took a little over 46 hours in 2019 Completed. 40 minutes.
Shazada Daoud
Daoud is a Pakistani and British businessman, investor and philanthropist.
He served as Vice Chairman of Engro Corporation, a company engaged in the production and sale of chemical fertilizers. He is also a director of Dawood Hercules Corporation.
Before his death, the 48-year-old was a trustee of his family’s foundation, the Dawood Foundation, which works to create collective change by creating interactive spaces for formal and informal learning.
Daoud is married to Christine Daoud and they have two children: Suleman (2004-2023) and Alina.
stockton rush
Rush is the CEO of the company in charge of the expedition (OceanGate) and the pilot of the submarine. In 2009, he founded OceanGate, where he oversees the company’s financial and engineering strategy.
According to his biography at OceanGate, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree. He received his BS in Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University in 1984 and his MBA from Berkeley’s Haas School of Business in 1989.
Rush earned his DC-8/Captain rating at the United Jet Training Academy, becoming the youngest pilot (at 19) to become a jet transport rated pilot.
He is 61 years old.