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UK based father and son were onboard missing Titanic submersible, family confirms

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Updated 08:14 20 Jun 2023 GMT+1Published 07:43 20 Jun 2023 GMT+1

UK based father and son were onboard missing Titanic submersible, family confirms

The family confirms the pair were UK based

Rhiannon Ingle

Rhiannon Ingle

A UK based father and son were onboard missing Titanic submersible, family has confirmed.

The father and the son on the submersible that takes paying customers on a tour of the Titanic wreck site that went missing have been confirmed as hailing from the UK.

The colossal Titanic ship, which sank after hitting an iceberg in April 1912, currently rests on a site of several miles off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean around 600km (370 miles).

Shahzada Dawood, 48, and his son Sulaiman Dawood, 19, were on the missing vessel, according to their family.

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The family of Shahzada Dawood said: "Our son Shahzada Dawood and his son, Suleman, had embarked on a journey to visit the remnants of the Titanic in the Atlantic Ocean.

The wreck of the Titanic is 12,500ft beneath the Atlantic Ocean.
Everett Collection Inc./Alamy Stock Photo

"As of now, contact has been lost with their submersible craft and there is limited information available.

"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 while granting the family privacy at this time."

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OceanGate, the company that takes tourists to visit the wreck of the Titanic, has confirmed that five crew members were on-board a submersible that has gone missing in the Atlantic Ocean.

In a statement, the company - which can charge tourists as much as $250,000 for a seven-day excursion to the Titanic wreck site - said that it is ‘exploring and mobilising all options’ to get the crew back safely.

The statement reads: “Our entire focus is on the crewmembers in the submersible and their families.”

They added that ‘extensive assistance’ is being provided by ‘several government agencies and deep sea companies’ in order to find the submarine.

Featured Image Credit: engroenfrashare.com / Oceangate

Topics: UK News, US News, World News, Titanic

Rhiannon Ingle
Rhiannon Ingle

Rhiannon Ingle is a Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from the University of Manchester in 2021 in English Literature. Alongside her studies, she was the Lifestyle Editor of The Mancunian, the largest student newspaper in the United Kingdom. Her favourite topics to write about include sex and relationships, bizarre lifestyle trends and all things travel.

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