As WLT Report reported on Sunday, the United States Coast Guard has launched a full-scale search for a missing submersible that was exploring the Titanic wreckage in the Atlantic Ocean.
A total of five people were onboard the submersible including UK billionaire Hamish Harding.
Other passengers onboard have been identified as Shahzada Dawood who is a prominent Pakistani businessman, and his son, Suleman.
New reports also speculate that Titanic expert Paul-Henry Nargeolet was also onboard the submersible but it has yet to be confirmed.
There is just 50 hours of oxygen left in the submersible that has gone missing over the wreckage of The Titanic.
The sub, carrying 5 people, has been missing since Sunday where it lost all contact while exploring the wreckage of the famous ship 13,000 ft under the sea.
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— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) June 20, 2023
US and Canadian ships and helicopters are searching for a submarine that went missing on Sunday, while on a tourist expedition to explore the wreckage of the Titanic off the coast of southeastern Canada.
The expedition comprised five members, two of whom have been identified as… pic.twitter.com/MCGRhLuiDE
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Here’s what NBC News reported:
The desperate search for a missing submersible that vanished during a mission to explore the wreck of the Titanic continued on Tuesday as more information about those onboard came to light.
ADVERTISEMENTThe submersible, which is part of an OceanGate Expeditions tour that offers passengers a once-in-a-lifetime experience to explore the Titanic wreckage, went missing on Sunday after losing contact with the research vessel Polar Prince.
British billionaire and owner of Action Aviation Hamish Harding was among the five people onboard the vessel, along with prominent Pakistani businessman, Shahzada Dawood, and his son, Suleman. The other two people onboard have yet to be identified.
Rear Admiral John Mauger, who is spearheading the Coast Guard’s search for the missing Titanic tourist submersible, speaks to @SavannahGuthrie and @hodakotb about what could have gone wrong to lead to this situation and details the search efforts. pic.twitter.com/4WQT9fyLNm
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) June 20, 2023
Fox News has speculated French Mariner Paul-Henry Nargeolet was onboard too:
French mariner Paul-Henry Nargeolet, considered one of the leading experts on the Titanic, is feared to be among five people who went missing on a tourist submersible visiting the wreckage.
Nargelot was named in a Facebook post by fellow voyager, Hamish Harding, a U.K. billionaire and aviator, a day before the mission.
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