He is a descendant of Benjamin Rush and Richard Stockton, signers of the American Declaration of Independence. He received a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from Princeton in 1984. In 2009, he founded the private company Ocean Gate in Everett, near Seattle.
In an interview in November last year, Rush said he wanted to be an astronaut or a fighter pilot. Later he wanted to be an adventurer like Captain Kirk. But he didn't want to just sit in the back as a passenger. Hamish Harding
A British businessman and explorer. According to Mark Butler, managing director of Harding's company Action Aviation, he is on board the missing submarine.
Harding, 58, holds multiple Guinness World Records. This includes the record for the longest stay in the deepest part of the ocean by a single submersible. Harding, chairman of Action Aviation, announced on Facebook last Saturday that he was proud to join the Ocean Gate expedition to see the wreck of the Titanic. The Dubai-based company manages procurement and space operations. Before that, he was with Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Rocket Company in Space Expeditions. He also holds the record for the fastest flight around the world. Paul-Henri Nargiolet
A French oceanographer. Dive more than 35 times on the wreck of Titanic. His agent Mathieu Johann confirmed Nargiolet's presence on Missing Titan.
Head of RMS Titanic Company's Undersea Research. It is a US company. Organized an exhibition of various objects recovered from Titanic. From 1987 to 2010, the company conducted eight research and rescue demonstrations. Shahzada Dawood and Suleiman Dawood.
British-Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood (48) and his son Suleman (19) are in the missing submarine. Shahzada is the Vice-Chairman of Dawood Engro Corporation. Dawood is part of one of the richest families in Pakistan. He produced clothes and fertilizers.
A statement from the company asked for prayers for Dawood and his son. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute. She is a resident of Britain and has two children.
None of the five aboard the submarine (Titan) that went to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean to see the wreck of the Titanic survived.
The United States Coast Guard announced this news in a press conference on Thursday. Similarly, the submarine management company 'Oceangate' confirmed the news. It is believed that the submarine crashed due to the tremendous pressure of the water.
On Thursday, rescue teams discovered some wreckage of a small submarine near the Titanic. Soon after, the news came that some parts of the debris had been removed from Titan. It was then that the fate of the Titan and the five inside was pretty much certain. Still, the rescue team led by the United States, Canada, France, and several other countries continued to search. US Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mager announced the fate of the Titan at a press conference on Thursday.
He said at the press conference, "We seem to have discovered the wreckage of the submarine."
He noted that it is not clear what caused the destruction of Titan. He expressed doubts about whether the bodies of the five explorers can be recovered or not.
Brigadier General Patrick Ryder, press secretary of the US Department of Defense, Pentagon expressed regret in an immediate statement about such news.
Five fresh lives were prematurely lost while viewing the wreckage of the Titanic. The submarine ran out of oxygen on Thursday afternoon.
At the start of the rescue operation, there was hope that the passengers were alive after hearing sounds from the bottom of the sea. Later, experts said that it could not be confirmed that the sound came from the missing submarine.
Oceangate Expeditions is the owner of the 23,000-pound and 22-foot-long Titan. Those who were on the tourist submarine have been identified. They are - 58-year-old British billionaire Hamish Harding, British-Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood (48), and his son Suleman Dawood (19), 61-year-old Stockton Rush, chief executive of Oceangate. At the helm was 77-year-old retired Navy diver Paul-Henri Nargiolet.
One hour and 45 minutes after the start of the journey last Sunday, the submarine lost contact with the main ship on the water. Since then, the rescue operation has started. But in the end, everyone was disappointed. The Titanic suffered the same fate as the Titanic. Titan lost connection with the control ship of the Titan and came back with destroyed parts and 5 people were dead inside the marine.
