Around noon on Thursday, June 22, the company Sea Gate confirmed that 5 passengers were on board Titan Submarine they will die from lack of oxygen in the boat.
The group of men had departed since Sunday on an expedition traveling to visit Titanic legacy: a luxury liner that sank in 1912 when it collided with an iceberg.
However, minutes after the submarine left port in the United States, its communication with the control center was cut off and started with boat search.
And even though from United States Coast Guard Various attempts will be made to find victims alive. 5 crewthis afternoon a skipper from the agency confirmed that the oxygen reserves had run out.
On the boat were Hamish Harding, Stockton Rush, Shahzada Dawwod, Sulman Dawood and Paul-Henry Nargeolet.
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According to international media reports, the little passenger on top of the Titan is Suleman Dawood: a 19 years old who recently left school.
Dawood is a student at the University of Strathclyde Business School in Glasgow (Scotland), where he would have started his professional studies a year ago.
In a statement published by The BBChis family said he was a young “fan of science fiction literature and learning new things”.
He also has skills for sports such as volleyball and agility for concentration activities such as the Rubik’s cube.
The young man arrived by boat accompanied by his father Shahzada Dawwooda well-known Pakistani businessman, graduated from Buckingham University in England, and is a Fellow of the SETI Institute in California.
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International media has also indicated that the young man’s relatives have indicated that he is not very excited about embarking on a journey aboard the Titan.
your aunt, Azmeh Dawoodalso the older brother of billionaire Shahzada Dawood, his nephew says “she felt scared” for expeditions. However, she accepts her father’s dangerous proposal. just to please himon a date close to Father’s Day.
“I think of them (nephew and brother) who are struggling to breathe. It’s honestly so heartbreaking,” admits the woman whose brother is a history buff. ship wreck which sank over 100 years ago.
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