A billionaire, a father and his son, a renowned explorer: the 5 crew members of the submarine that went to the Titanic

Ships, drones operating underwater, US Coast Guard aircraft USA and the Armed Forces of Canadaan underwater robot from France, have joined the desperate search for the titan submarinewhich disappeared on Sunday with five crew members while traveling to the wreckage of the titanicin the depths of the Atlantic Ocean.

The race against time to find the submarine It is because from the moment his disappearance was reported, on Sunday afternoon, he had oxygen autonomy for up to 96 hours and food for four days.

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Private boat operators and deep ocean experts are also involved in the search.

The 6.5 meter long ship lost contact with the surface an hour and a half after submerging, according to US authorities.

The search is focused on a remote area of ​​the North Atlantic, where the remains of the titanic -sunk in 1912-, 650 kilometers from the coast of Newfoundlandin Canada, and about 4,000 meters deep in the ocean.

The search for the Titan. (AFP).

He Titanwhich belongs to the company Ocean Gatecould be on the surface or underwater, 4,000 meters deep.

“It is a remote area and it is challenging to conduct a search in that remote area, but we are deploying all available resources to ensure we can locate the ship and rescue the people on board”said Rear Admiral john maugerof the United States Coast Guard.

“Our crews from the Coast Guard and from the US and Canadian Governments and the private sector have been working around the clock to bring all the capabilities we have to find the submersible and locate these people.”Mauger said in an interview with ABC News.

According to CNN, search crews are dealing with foggy conditions and waves of between 1 and 2 meters.

This undated image courtesy of OceanGate Expeditions shows their Titan submersible being towed to a dive site in Everett, Washington. (AFP). (HANDOUT/)

Rescuers are using sonar buoys and sonar capabilities on ships to listen for “any sound that we can detect in the water column,” according to the US Coast Guard.

For his part, Canada deployed a Lockheed CP-140 Aurora maritime surveillance military aircraft with the ability to detect submarines.

Canadian Fisheries, Oceans and Coast Guard Minister Joyce Murray said the Canadian Coast Guard ship Kopit Hopson 1752 is also en route to the point in the ocean where the Titan.

While, France announced Tuesday that the Institute of Ocean Sciences Ifremer sent a ship equipped with an underwater robot to search for the Titan.

The Atalante, as the ship is called, should arrive at its destination on Wednesday afternoon.

While the Canadian research vessel Polar Prince, which had carried the submarine disappeared to the site of the remains of the titanicis now assisting with search and rescue efforts, a spokesperson for Horizon Maritime, which co-owns the ship, told CNN.

Ocean Gate offers on its website trips of eight days and seven nights to visit the remains of the titanicpriced at $250,000.

The Titan submarine. (Ocean Gate).

Hamish Harding

Hamish Harding in a Blue Origin suit for his trip to space.

The wealthy British businessman Hamish Harding He is one of five people on board the submarine.

He is president of the private jet company Action Aviationfounded in 2004.

Reside in United Arab Emirates and its aviation sales and operations services company is headquartered in dubai.

Harding58, announced on Saturday on his social network account instagram who was part of the crew that was going to approach the wreckage titanic.

“I am proud to finally announce that I have joined the OceanGate Expedition for their RMS TITANIC Mission as a mission specialist on the submarine lowering the Titanic,” wrote.

“A weather window has just opened and tomorrow we will try to dive”, added.

“The submarine was launched successfully and Hamish is currently diving”his company tweeted on Sunday Action Aviation.

He graduated in Natural Sciences and Chemical Engineering from the University of Cambridge. He is also a pilot and skydiver.

According to BBC Mundo, in 2022 he was awarded among the Living Legends of Aviation and is a member of the board of The Explorers Cluba renowned international club of explorers and scientists.

He has traveled several times to Antarctica. Even in 2016 she accompanied the former astronaut Buzz Aldrin When he was 86 years old, he became the oldest person to reach the South Pole.

In June 2022, he traveled aboard the New Shepard on a 10-minute suborbital flight as part of the NS-21 mission of blue originthe company of Jeff Bezos.

He has three Guinness records: in 2019 he gave by plane the fastest circumnavigation of the world through the poles, in 46 hours, 40 minutes and 22 seconds. And in 2021, together with the American Víctor Vescovo, he dived to the depths of the Mariana Trench, the deepest area of ​​the oceans known to date, aboard a two-seater submersible. This mission was the longest at such a depth, with 4 hours and 15 minutes, and the longest distance covered, 4,600 meters.

He is married and he has two children. One of them, Giles, became in 2020, at the age of 12, the youngest person to travel to the South Pole, according to The Times.

Shahzada and Suleman Dawood

Shahzada Dawood.

The Pakistani Entrepreneur shahzada dawood and his son suleman they travel in the submarine.

According to the British press, Dawood48 years old, lives with his family in the United Kingdom and sponsors the SETI Institute in California, whose mission is to explore and understand the origin of the Universe.

His family released a statement thanking “for the concern shown by our colleagues and friends and we would like to ask everyone to pray for his safety while ensuring the family’s privacy at this time.”

shahzada dawood He comes from one of the richest families in Pakistan. He lives in Surrey, South London, with his wife, Christine, and their children. suleman19 years old, and Alina.

His fortune comes from Dawood Hercules Corporation Limiteda company focused on public investment and focused on agriculture, industry and the health sector.

He studied at Buckingham University, where he obtained a law degree.

He is a member of the Circle of Founders of the British Asian Trust, whose president is King Carlos III.

Paul-Henry Nargeolet

French explorer Paul-Henry Nargeolet.

The prestigious French explorer Paul-Henry Nargeoleta highly respected figure in the field of underwater research, is aboard the titan submarine.

He has said that his mission in life is to know everything about the sinking of the titanic.

For 22 years he was a submariner in the French Navy. According to the EFE news agency, he left his job specializing in demining for the adventure of piloting a small submarine called nautiluswith which he discovered in 1987 the prow of the titanic almost 4,000 meters deep.

Nargeolet is 77 years old and has completed 35 dives as far as he is titanic. He has recovered at least 5,000 items from the ocean liner, such as leather sacks or pieces of gold.

BBC Mundo also reports that in one of those missions a 20-tonne section of the hull of the titanicknown as the “great piece” and which today is exhibited in Las Vegas, United States.

He is the author of the book “Les profondeurs du Titanic”. He has also divulged a version different from the official one about the Titanic tragedy.

He assures that the ship would have sunk in two parts, and not in one block, due to an explosion, which would explain why the objects were so scattered at the bottom of the ocean, indicates EFE.

He is director of explorations of the company rms titanic.

He has lived in the United States for two decades and has continued to visit the rubble of the titanic.

In 2010, he led an expedition that created the first comprehensive survey map of the titanic using a high-resolution sonar, which produced 3D images of the bow, stern and debris scattered on the seabed, according to BBC Mundo.

Stockton Rush

Stockton Rush. (Ocean Gate).

The American Stockton Rush is president of OceanGate, the manned submarine company that owns Titan.

Is Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University and has a master’s degree in Business Administration from the Haas School of Business at Berkeley University.

founded Ocean Gate 13 years ago. Since then, the company has created devices capable of reaching depths of 4,000 and 6,000 meters.

In 1981, when he was 19 years old, he became the youngest transport jet pilot in the world, reports BBC Mundo. Three years later he joined McDonnell Douglas Corporation as a flight test engineer on the F-15 fighter jet program.

In 2012, he co-founded the OceanGate Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing advances in marine technology, science, history, and archaeology.

Also built an experimental plane Glasair III and created a two-person submarine by modifying a Kittredge K-350 model, in which he has made more than 30 dives.

According to the website of Ocean Gatehis current job is to “oversee the financial and engineering strategies” of the company and plan the strategies to develop submarines with a capacity of up to 6,000 meters.

During an interview with CBS News last year, Stockton Rush said the scouts are safe in their submarines Because they have the oxygen they need to survive. Although he also stated that in all human activities there are risks.

“There is a limit. There comes a time when security is nothing more than waste. If you just want to be safe, don’t get out of bed.”

“Don’t get in your car. Do not do anything. At some point, you’re going to take some risk, and it really is a risk-reward thing. I think I can do it with the same security by breaking the rules,” he said..

Source: Elcomercio