Billionaire Hamish Harding is reportedly one of the five people on board the missing submarine that was meant to take tourists down to see the Titanic’s shipwreck.
on Instagram and Twitter about his voyage over the weekend. On Sunday, he announced he was joining Oceangate Expeditions for their RMS Titanic Mission as a mission specialist.
“Due 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,” Harding wrote. “A 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.
“4am start this morning on the RMS Titanic Expedition Mission 5 with @oceangateexped,” the post reads. “The sub had a successful launch and Hamish is currently diving. Stay tuned for further updates!” The submersible ship was reported missing by the U.S. Coast Guard in Boston on Monday morning. Later, the Coast Guard confirmed five people were on board. Oceangate is receiving assistance from government agencies and other deep sea companies to recover the vessel.
“We are exploring and mobilizing all options to bring the crew back safely,” Oceangate Expeditions, the company operating the boat,Oceangate has been making dives to the Titanic shipwreckBefore his deep sea dive with Oceangate, Harding took a rocket into space with Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin mission last year. He was one of six people who took part in the fifth human mission into space aboard the New Shepard aircraft in June 2022.
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