The five people who were aboard a submersible that went missing while on an expedition to explore the wreckage of the Titanic did not survive, according to the company that arranged the trip.
more than two and a half miles along the floor of the Mariana Trench, 35,876 feet below the sea surface.
In a statement on Tuesday, Action Aviation Managing Director Mark Butler said the company and Harding's family are"very grateful for all the kind messages of concern and support from our friends and colleagues."Shahzada Dawood, who was 48, was the vice chairman of Dawood Hercules, an investment and holding company based in Karachi, Pakistan.
"We are very grateful for the concern being shown by our colleagues and friends and would like to request everyone to pray for their safety," the Dawood family said in a statement.Nargeolet was known as a Titanic expert, according to the OceanGate website. He led six expeditions to the ship's wreckage site and was known as"Titanic's Greatest Explorer," the company said.
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