![]() "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 is also on the submersible, according to media reports. Nargeolet, director of underwater research at Premier Exhibitions, sits behind a model of the Titanic during a news conference and preview of Titanic artifacts on Thursday, Jan. 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, whom media say is one of the five on board, is director of underwater research at a company that owns the rights to the Titanic wreck. According to the website of SETI, a California-based research institute of which he is a trustee, he lives in Britain with his wife and two children. Shahzada is vice chairman of one of Pakistan's largest conglomerates, Engro Corporation, with investments in fertilizers, vehicle manufacturing, energy and digital technologies. Their family have confirmed they are on board. In this photograph released by Action Aviation, company chairman and billionaire adventurer Hamish Harding looks on before boarding the submersible Titan to dive into the Atlantic Ocean on an expedition to the Titanic on Sunday, June 18, 2023. ![]()
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