Reuters Graphics WHAT IS THE FIRM BEHIND THIS? "Rush became the youngest jet transport rated pilot in the world when he obtained his DC-8 Type/Captain’s rating at the United Airlines Jet Training Institute in 1981 at the age of 19," according to his biography on OceanGate's website. "It is an amazingly beautiful wreck," Rush told Britain's Sky News of the Titanic earlier this year. The founder and CEO of the vessel's U.S.-based operating company OceanGate was also on the submersible. In a 2020 interview with France Bleu radio, he spoke of the dangers of deep diving, saying: "I am not afraid to die, I think it will happen one day." After retiring from the navy, he led the first recovery expedition to the Titanic in 1987 and is a leading authority on the wreck site.
A former commander in the French Navy, he was both a deep diver and a mine sweeper. The 77-year-old French explorer was director of underwater research at a company that owns the rights to the Titanic wreck. Shahzada's interests included wildlife photography, gardening and exploring natural habitats, while Suleman was a fan of science fiction literature, according to a statement from the Dawood Group.
According to the website of SETI, a California-based research institute of which he was a trustee, he lived in Britain with his wife and two children. Shahzada was vice chairman of one of Pakistan's largest conglomerates, Engro Corporation, with investments in fertilisers, vehicle manufacturing, energy and digital technologies. If he's not working hard, he's exploring hard," said Jannicke Mikkelsen, an explorer and friend of Hamish. Harding was also on board the 2019 "One More Orbit" flight mission that set a record for the fastest circumnavigation of earth by aircraft over both geographic poles. Dubai-based Harding had posted on social media that he was proud to be heading to the Titanic as a "mission specialist", adding: "Due to the worst winter in Newfoundland in 40 years, this mission is likely to be the first and only manned mission to the Titanic in 2023." The British billionaire and chairman of aviation company Action Aviation was among those on the vessel. The following is what we know so far: WHO WAS ON BOARD?
June 22 (Reuters) - The five people aboard a submersible that went missing during a tourist expedition to the Titanic's wreckage died in an implosion after the loss of the pressure chamber, U.S.
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