![]() ![]() French explorer and Titanic expert Paul-Henry Nargeolet also was on the vessel. In Pakistan’s port city of Karachi, employees at his firms said they prayed for the two’s safe return, as did government officials. Others aboard include Pakistani nationals Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman, whose eponymous firm invests across the country. In Dubai, where the missing British adventurer Hamish Harding lives, Crown Prince Hamadan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum wrote: “Dubai and its people pray for their safety and hopeful return home.” The search for the missing vessel has drawn international attention. ![]() He said a couple of spares are kept on board “just in case.” “It’s meant for a 16-year-old to throw it around,” and is “super durable,” Rush told the CBC in an interview last year while he demonstrated by throwing the controller around the Titan’s tiny cabin. But OceanGate has said that many of the vessel’s parts are off-the-shelf because they have proved to be dependable. The New York Times first reported on those documents.Ĭhris Brown, a British adventurer who paid a deposit to go on the Titan voyage but later withdrew because of what he called safety concerns, has criticized the use of a simple commercially available video game controller to steer the Titan. The society said it was critical that the company submit its prototype to tests overseen by an expert third party before launching in order to safeguard passengers. The Marine Technology Society, which describes itself as “a professional group of ocean engineers, technologists, policy-makers, and educators,” also expressed concern that year in a letter to Rush, OceanGate’s chief executive. ![]()
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