It was later found that a top-secret team with the US Navy detected the implosion of the Titan submersible on Sunday, but did not stop search efforts due because the evidence was “not definitive” and a decision was made to “make every effort to save the lives on board.” Who was on board? The US Coast Guard said the small submarine began its journey underwater with five passengers Sunday morning, and the Canadian research vessel that it was working with lost contact with the crew about an hour and 45 minutes into the dive.
Tourist submersible exploring Titanic wreckage disappears in Atlantic Ocean What we knowĪ submersible on a pricey tourist expedition to the Titanic shipwreck in the Atlantic Ocean has vanished with likely only four days’ worth of oxygen. Harding announced that he would be joining OceanGate Expeditions’ five-person tourism group to the Titanic shipwreck aboard Titan via an Instagram post on Sunday.
The father of two is also a founding member on the board of trustees for The Explorers Club, which bills itself as “a meeting point and unifying force for explorers and scientists worldwide.” He joined the ranks of Kenn Ricci, Jeff Bezos, and even Tom Cruise. Harding’s explorations earned him one of four European Living Legends of Aviation Awards last year. Harding journeyed to the Antarctic location again in 2020 alongside his then-12-year-old son Giles Harding, who became the youngest to visit the South Pole, the outlet reported. The first was in 2016, when Harding accompanied former astronaut Buzz Aldrin to the southernmost point of the Earth, making Aldrin the oldest person to reach the South Pole at age 86, according to Forbes. Harding was also part of two record-breaking missions to the South Pole. Harding is aboard OceanGate Expeditions’ five-person tourism group to the Titanic shipwreck via submersible Titan (pictured). The nearly two-days-long flight, called One More Orbit, celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. He holds another record for the fastest circumnavigation of the Earth after he crossed both poles in 2019 during a flight that lasted 46 hours, 40 minutes, and 22 seconds. Blue Originĭuring the four-hour-and-15-minute-long traverse, Harding and Vescovo traveled nearly three miles at “full ocean depth,” 35,860 feet.
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He also holds three Guinness World Records for his explorations, plus made two record-breaking trips to the South Pole. Harding was also one of six passengers on a Blue Origin flight in June 2022 that journeyed into space. Harding also holds four Guinness World Records, including the longest time spent navigating the Mariana Trench, the deepest location on Earth that can be found in the Pacific Ocean on the coast of the Philippines.Īccording to Guinness World Records, in 2021, Harding - along with American private equity investor Victor Vescovo - spent the longest recorded time and the longest distance journeying through the deepest part of the ocean in a single dive. Blue Originīut the submersible and space trips are just the latest daring exploits for Harding, who has made his fortune as an aircraft pilot and founder of Action Aviation, a United Arab Emirates-based company that buys and sells aircraft.
Hamish Harding, 58, is among the five missing passengers aboard the Titan, which was on its way to the Titanic shipwreck when it lost contact with its mothership. The first-ever seat aboard the New Shepherd rocket was auctioned off for $28 million. He was one of six astronauts on the spaceflight, which was the fifth of its kind in the Jeff Bezos-backed New Shepherd rocket.Ī seat on the rocket is reportedly negotiable and can cost anywhere between $0 and millions of dollars. Harding, 58, is among the five people on board a tourist submersible that went missing on Sunday while visiting the shipwreck of the Titanic.Īn extreme adventurer, Harding was also a crew member on a 10-minute flight with Blue Origin that journeyed 66.5 miles above Earth last June. OceanGate waiver mentions ‘death’ three times, previous passenger who saw Titanic wreck saysīillionaire Hamish Harding has used his fortune to explore the world in ways few others can - from outer space and the depths of the ocean - which has earned him three Guinness World Records. Reporter who survived submarine stuck under Titanic propeller ‘thought it was the end’ ‘The Simpsons’ fans say show predicted Titanic submarine disappearance 17 years ago ‘Great risk’: Everything you need to know about OceanGate and what’s next for the company
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