Paul-Henry Nargeolet, Sulaiman Dawood, Shahzada Dawood and Stockton Rush, are names of people who went missing during $250K ticket submarine Titanic tour.
Among the five Titanic tourists trapped in the missing Titanic submarine is world-renowned French adventurer Paul-Henry Nargeolet.
Described as the ‘Titanic’s greatest explorer’, the former naval officer, 77, has previously visited the wreck of the world’s most famous ship on at least 35 occasions. Mathieu Johann, Nargeolet’s spokesman, told the BBC that he hoped the crew on board the missing submersible would be reassured by Nargeolet’s poise and military background as search-and-rescue teams continue to work in a race against time to locate the vessel.
Nargeolet is aboard the missing OceanGate Expeditions sub with passengers Hamish Harding, a British billionaire, British businessman Shahzada Dawood, and his son Suleman.
The Telegraph reported that Nargeolet was part of the first human expedition to visit the wreck site of the Titanic in 1987 after it was discovered two years earlier in an expedition led by oceanographer Robert Ballard.
Inside the sub, that can only be opened from the outside, are five men – some illustrious adventurers, others are amongst the richest in the world.
Alongside Nargeolet on board the missing craft are British billionaire adventurer Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood, 48, a UK-based board member of the Prince’s Trust charity, and his son Sulaiman Dawood, 19, and OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush.
The French explorer has recovered 5,000 artefacts from the ship in his career and has even lifted a 20-tonne section of the ship’s hull for analysis.
He is the director of underwater research for RMS Titanic, Inc, and has appeared on numerous films and documentaries on the ship.
RMS Titanic Inc has said they send ‘our heartfelt support to the Boston Coast Guard during their search’ as well as hoping ‘for the safe return of all on board.’
PH, as he is known to friends, was born in Chamonix, in the French Alps, but spent his early years in Africa with his parents.
Nargeolet spent more than 20 years in the French Navy, becoming a Commander.
He then specialised in deep submersibles and in 1987 led the first recovery expedition of the Titanic. Explorer Paul-Henry Nargeolet, 77, has visited the wreck site of the iconic passenger liner that sank in 1912 after it hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage at least 35 times.
Nargeolet’s spokesman told the BBC that the famed diver was one of the five people on board the 21-foot OceanGate Expeditions sub, which went out of contact on Sunday morning during a dive to the shipwreck site that lies 12,500 feet below the surface of the ocean.
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