In the bathyscaphe that went missing during the descent to the Titanic, there is billionaire Harding
British billionaire and owner of Action Aviation, Hamish Harding, is aboard a submersible that went missing while attempting to descend to the site of the sinking of the Titanic. This was announced on Monday, June 19, by the entrepreneur's adopted son, Brian Zas.
As Zass wrote on social networks, the search and rescue operation is in full swing.
OceanGate Expeditions, which owns bathyscaphe, confirmed in a statement that her submarine was the object of a rescue operation. They also assured that «all options are being explored and mobilized for the safe return of the crew.»
Lt. Jordan Hart of the US Coast Guard in Boston said that personnel were conducting a search and rescue operation, but did not give details.< /p>
Officially, the number of people in the missing bathyscaphe was not reported, but an anonymous coast guard spokesman said that «a small submarine with five people on board went missing in the immediate vicinity of the wreck of the Titanic.»