One of the men on the missing Titanic tourist sub clearly understood the risks of such a trip. Of course, we’ve been tracking the story of the OceanGate Expeditions submarine that has gone missing with five men aboard in the ocean 900 miles east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
The group had been intending to see the wreckage of the Titanic up close. But something went wrong on Sunday, and the submersible lost contact with a ship on the water’s surface.
Now, in a race against time, the Royal Canadian Air Force, the US Coast Guard, and others are trying to find the sub before it runs out of oxygen, somewhere in the depths of the North Atlantic Ocean. Related: Sonar Detects Eerie ‘Banging Sounds’ From Ocean During Search For Missing Sub Per multiple media reports, the missing sub contains five people: professional diver and Titanic expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet, OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, businessman Shahzada Dawood, his son Suleman Dawood, and private jet broker Hamish Harding (pictured above).
Harding, a British-born billionaire based in Dubai, has been the focus of considerable attention. For one, his stepson has been tweeting about attending a Blink-182 concert amid the frantic search for his stepfather.
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