{"id":1951262,"date":"2023-06-19T17:10:03","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T21:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/billionaire-explorer-believed-to-be-aboard-missing-titanic-tourist-sub\/"},"modified":"2023-06-19T17:12:47","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T21:12:47","slug":"billionaire-explorer-believed-to-be-aboard-missing-titanic-tourist-sub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/billionaire-explorer-believed-to-be-aboard-missing-titanic-tourist-sub\/","title":{"rendered":"Billionaire explorer possibly on missing Titanic tourist sub."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbillionaire-explorer-believed-to-be-aboard-missing-titanic-tourist-sub%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1951262&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Daring Adventure: British Explorer Feared Missing in Titanic Submarine<\/h2>\n<p>A British explorer who has journeyed the depths of the ocean and blasted off to space is feared to be one of the passengers aboard a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fears-go-viral-as-titanic-tourist-sub-goes-missing-with-five-possibly-aboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">missing submarine<\/a> that set off to explore\u00a0the wreckage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/titanic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Titanic<\/a>\u00a0and is now the subject of a frantic search-and-rescue mission.<\/p>\n<p>Hamish Harding, chairman of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ainonline.com\/aviation-news\/business-aviation\/2022-12-07\/action-aviation-maintains-momentum-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dubai-based company<\/a> called Action Aviation and reportedly a billionaire, announced on social media over the weekend that he joined OceanGate Expeditions as a specialist for a journey to the Titanic\u2019s remains some 2.5 miles down on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean about 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to the worst winter in Newfoundland in 40 years, this mission is likely to be the first and only manned mission to the Titanic in 2023,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ActionAviation0\/status\/1670181561201770500\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said a post to Instagram<\/a>. \u201cA weather window has just opened up and we are going to attempt a dive tomorrow. We started steaming from St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada yesterday and are planning to start dive operations around 4am tomorrow morning. Until then we have a lot of preparations and briefings to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: One of the crew members on the commercial sub that has gone missing near the wreck of the Titanic has been named as Hamish Harding<\/p>\n<p>Full story: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/skuNHIjilt\">https:\/\/t.co\/skuNHIjilt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfa Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vxkG9xKpT1\">pic.twitter.com\/vxkG9xKpT1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky News (@SkyNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkyNews\/status\/1670851415156174849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The post also said the sub team included some \u201clegendary explorers\u201d with more than 30 dives to the Titanic since the 1980s. One person who was mentioned was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/monteburke\/2012\/03\/30\/meet-the-titanics-greatest-explorer\/?sh=b1a4ca64d4d0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">French explorer Paul-Henry Nargeolet<\/a>, though it is unclear as of press time whether he was onboard the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sub-that-takes-tourists-to-view-titanic-goes-missing-coast-guard-rescue-efforts-underway\/\" title=\"Coast Guard rescues underway as tourist submarine viewing Titanic goes missing.\">missing vessel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Szasz, Harding\u2019s stepson, posted to Facebook, asking people to pray for his stepfather, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12210873\/Tourist-sub-taking-groups-Titanic-wreckage-goes-missing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to the Daily Mail<\/a>. \u201cThoughts and prayers for my stepfather Hamish Harding as his Submarine has gone missing exploring Titanic. Search and rescue mission is underway,\u201d the post said.<\/p>\n<p>Harding, who is reportedly a resident of the United Arab Emirates, is known for his adventures across the planet and beyond in recent years. He took part in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueorigin.com\/news\/ns-21-mission-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blue Origin spaceflight<\/a>, explored the ocean depths of the Mariana Trench, and visited the South Pole, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/06\/19\/world-explorer-hamish-harding-among-the-5-missing-in-titanic-tourist-submarine-disappearance\/?utm_campaign=nypost&#038;utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_medium=social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the New York Post reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While it was not immediately clear who else may be part of the crew, the U.S. Coast Guard said it is searching for a 21-foot submersible from the Canadian research vessel Polar Prince about 900 miles off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. \u201cThe 5 person crew submerged Sunday morning, and the crew of the Polar Prince lost contact with them approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes into the vessel\u2019s dive,\u201d a Twitter account for the U.S. Coast Guard <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USCGNortheast\/status\/1670867860023803925\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>OceanGate Expeditions, a company which offers trips to the sunken Titanic wreckage for up to $250,000 per-person in a vessel that can seat up to five people, released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/recount-affirming-dems-win-in-tight-arizona-ag-race-adds-600-votes-to-count\/\" title=\"Recount Affirming Dem\u2019s Win In Tight Arizona AG Race Adds 600+ Votes To Count\">statement expressing gratitude<\/a> for the help in searching for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/billionaire-explorer-believed-to-be-aboard-missing-titanic-tourist-sub\/\" title=\"Billionaire explorer possibly on missing Titanic tourist sub.\">wayward ship amid concerns<\/a> about how much air remains for the crew.<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur entire focus is on the crew members in the submersible and their families, we are deeply thankful for the extensive assistance we have received from several government agencies and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/search-and-rescue-underway-for-submarine-touring-titanic-wreckage\/\" title=\"Search and rescue ongoing for Submarine exploring Titanic wreckage.\">deep sea companies<\/a> in our efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/missing-titanic-sub-search-mission-underway-for-submersible-lost-in-atlantic-ocean\/\" title=\"Search mission underway for lost Titanic sub in Atlantic Ocean.\">reestablish contact<\/a> with the submersible,\u201d the company said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A British explorer, known for exploring the ocean depths and space, is feared to be on a missing submarine. The submarine embarked on a mission to explore the Titanic wreckage, prompting a frantic search-and-rescue operation. Hamish Harding, chairman of Dubai&#8217;s Action company, is believed to be one of the passengers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":1951263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[10173,5684,29098,10255,29060,9186],"class_list":["post-1951262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-titanic","tag-billionaire","tag-explorer","tag-missing","tag-sub","tag-tourist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1951262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1951263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1951262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1951262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1951262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}