Explainer | Who is on board missing Titanic tour submersible?
- Rescue teams are racing to locate Titan submersible missing in the North Atlantic
- The deep-sea vessel has limited amount of oxygen supply for the five people on board
The group includes Hamish Harding, founder of investment firm Action Group and an avid adventurer.
The 58-year-old Briton holds three Guinness World Records, including the longest time spent traversing the deepest part of the ocean – the Mariana Trench – on a single dive, and the fastest navigation of Earth via the North and South Poles by plane.
Others on the missing Titan vessel include Stockton Rush, founder of OceanGate Expeditions, the company that put on the trip to the Titanic.
Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman, members of one of the most prominent business families in Pakistan, are also on board, their relatives confirmed in a statement. The pilot of the sub is Frenchman Paul Henry Nargeolet, according to reports.
The US Coast Guard said it received a call Sunday from the Titan’s command ship saying that contact had been lost. Planes have been dispatched as part of the search. According to OceanGate’s website, the Titan has a life-support system that can sustain a five-person crew for 96 hours.
