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  • US couple drops lawsuit in opposition to OceanGate CEO after Titan submersible tragedy

    By India Today World Desk: A pair within the United States dropped a lawsuit in opposition to OceanGate after the corporate’s CEO was killed when the Titan submersible imploded underwater final week. OceanGate CEO, Stockton Rush, together with 4 others, died onboard the submersible when the vessel started its journey to discover the shipwreck of the well-known Titanic, which had sunk in 1912.

    As per stories, the couple –Marc and Sharon Hagle– had filed a lawsuit in February claiming Stockton Rush had repeatedly cancelled the deep-sea dive they’d booked on the Titan submersible in 2018. However, upon receiving the information that Rush had died, the couple mentioned that the “honour, respect and dignity” of the victims had been extra essential than their declare.

    “Like most around the world, we have watched the coverage of the OceanGate Titan capsule with great concern and an enormous amount of sadness and compassion for the families of those who lost their lives,” the couple was quoted as saying by Fox35.

    In gentle of those tragic occasions, we’ve knowledgeable our attorneys to withdraw all authorized actions in opposition to Stockton,” the couple added.

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    The fatal deep-sea expedition in the North Atlantic claimed five lives, including a 19-year-old boy from Pakistan, Suleman Dawood, who had joined the others only to please his father who was onboard too. The underwater voyage was estimated at 3,700 metres below the surface of the ocean. The submersible was declared destroyed by the US Coast Guard after the Titan sub had gone missing on June 18. It was untraceable for nearly two days.

    CASE AGAINST OCEANGATE

    As per the Hagle couple’s lawsuit, a deposit amount of $210,000 was made to OceanGate in the hope of becoming among the first of the deep-sea exploration company’s paying customers. They sued the entity in Orange County after the couple became doubtful about the submersible’s readiness for the planned departure date.

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    Now, the couple has requested a refund of their deposit and stated they wanted to withdraw from the underwater expedition.

    The Titan, built by a company called OceanGate, had made previous dives to the wreck of the Titanic. But on June 18, the vessel finally began its descent towards the Titanic but lost contact with the controlling ship, Polar Prince, within two hours.

    Four days later, authorities said that all five crew members on the submersible Titan were killed in a “catastrophic implosion”.

    Rush died together with Pakistani billionaire Shahzada Dawood, his son Suleman, British billionaire Hamish Harding and French diver Paul-Henri Nargeolet.

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  • 19-year-old Suleman Dawood who died onboard Titan sub took Rubik’s Cube on Titanic journey. Here’s why

    By India Today World Desk: Suleman Dawood, one of many 5 passengers killed within the deadly voyage to the century-old wreck of the Titanic, carried his Rubik’s Cube with him, his mom instructed the media.

    The 19-year-old who was onboard the Titan submersible together with his father, Pakistani billionaire Shahzada Dawood, died after the sub imploded underwater. The submersible went lacking on June 18. Shahzada and Suleman, together with three others, died within the “catastrophic implosion”.

    Suleman’s mom instructed the BBC that her son had utilized to the Guinness World Records to interrupt the world file and remedy the Rubik’s Cube underwater. Reports counsel that Suleman’s father, Shahzada, even took a digicam with him to seize his son breaking the world file.

    “He (Suleman) said I am going to solve the Rubik’s Cube 3,7000 metres below the sea at the Titanic,” she instructed the BBC whereas throwing gentle on her son’s love for the Cube. She additional stated that she and her daughter would study and remedy the Rubik’s Cube in honour of Suleman and that she would proceed her husband’s work.

    ALSO READ | Titan is destroyed: What occurs throughout an implosion

    Suleman’s mom, Christine Dawood, was on Polar Prince, the submersible’s assist vessel, together with her daughter when she acquired the information of the disappearance of the Titan. The submersible had misplaced contact in lower than two hours after making a dive into the wreckage of the Titanic, which had sunk in 1912.

    Speaking concerning the tragedy, she stated, “I think I lost hope when we passed the 96-hour mark (of losing contact with the Titan).”

    “I miss them, I really, really miss them,” she instructed BBC.

    “I did not comprehend at that moment what it meant and then it just went downhill from there,” Christine instructed the BBC. She additionally talked about her preliminary plans for becoming a member of the deep-sea expedition however her journey was cancelled as a result of pandemic.

    “I stepped back and gave them space to set Suleman up because he really wanted to go,” she added.

    Earlier, Suleman’s kin had instructed the BBC that he was reluctant about becoming a member of the voyage and was “terrified” concerning the journey within the North Atlantic.

    The others who have been killed on the Titan submersible have been Stockton Rush, the 61-year-old CEO of OceanGate and Titan’s pilot, British businessman Hamish Harding, 58, and French explorer Paul-Henry Nargeolet, 77.

    The expedition to the Titanic shipwreck was a tragedy after it was revealed on Thursday that there was a “catastrophic implosion” of the submersible on Sunday, the day it was launched and misplaced all contact.

    Parts of the submersible have been discovered on Thursday, roughly 1,600ft (487m) from the bow of the Titanic wreck.

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  • Man linked to Kuno cheetahs amongst 5 on lacking Titanic submersible

    By India Today World Desk: A submersible that was launched to take 5 individuals, 4 vacationers and a pilot, to the Titanic shipwreck web site has gone lacking and the probabilities of them rising alive are rising bleak with each passing minute. The Titan submersible vacationer vessel was launched on Sunday and misplaced communication after an hour and forty-five minutes into its journey in direction of the Titanic shipwreck within the North Atlantic ocean.

    Among these on board is UAE-based British billionaire-explorer Hamish Harding who has labored with the Indian authorities to reintroduce eight wild cheetahs from Namibia to India, in response to information company PTI. He had flown to Madhya Pradesh to relocate the cheetahs to the state’s Kuno National Park in September final 12 months.

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    Shahzada Dawood, a British-Pakistani billionaire, was additionally on the submersible alongside along with his 19-year-old son Suleman.

    In a press release launched on Tuesday, Dawood’s household had mentioned, “Our son Shahzada Dawood and his son, Suleman, had embarked on a journey to visit the remnants of the Titanic in the Atlantic Ocean.”

    French explorer Paul-Henry Nargeolet can also be on board the submersible operated by OceanGate, in response to a Facebook submit by British billionaire Hamish Harding.

    Stockton Rush, the founder and chief govt officer of OceanGate, was the pilot of Titan.

    ALSO READ | Decoding Titan: The sub that vanished with 5 onboard whereas touring Titanic

    OceanGate Expeditions, an organization providing eight-day missions to see the Titanic particles for USD 250,000 per particular person, confirmed that the submarine was misplaced at sea.

    The firm mentioned in a press release that it’s “exploring and mobilising all options to bring the crew back safely,” as per a PTI report.

    (With enter from companies)

  • Wife of lacking submarine Titan’s pilot is descendant of couple who died on Titanic

    By India Today World Desk: Wendy Rush, the spouse of the lacking Titanic vacationer submarine pilot, is a descendant of a US couple who died when the large ship sank within the Atlantic Ocean in 1912. The couple have been immortalised in James Cameron’s Hollywood film ‘Titanic’ too.

    Wendy Rush is the great-great-granddaughter of the retailing magnate Isidor Straus and his spouse, Ida, who have been travelling as first-class passengers on the Titanic when it hit an iceberg and sank in April 1912. Straus was born in 1845 and was a co-owner of Macy’s division retailer, The New York Times reported.

    In 1986, Wendy Rush married Stockton Rush, the CEO of OceanGate, the corporate which operates the Titanic vacationer submersible that misplaced contact on Sunday (June 18) and caught world consideration. He was additionally piloting Titan, the submersible that was taking vacationers to the Titanic and has now misplaced contact.

    Stockton Rush is among the many 5 on the lacking submarine with rescuers racing towards time to seek out the vessel by intensifying their search with simply hours of oxygen assist remaining. Wendy Rush, the descendant of the Titanic couple, is the OceanGate communications director and has participated within the firm’s three expeditions to the Titanic, in accordance with her LinkedIn profile.

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    THE TITANIC COUPLE IMMORTALISED IN MOVIE

    According to archival information, Isidor Straus didn’t sit on a lifeboat as a lot of girls and youngsters have been nonetheless aboard the Titanic that was sinking after hitting an iceberg. He was joined by his spouse and remained collectively, standing arm-in-arm until the ship sank.

    Some reviews say that Ida Straus handed her mink jacket to her maid as she was being rescued in a lifeboat.

    While Straus’s stays have been discovered at sea a number of weeks after Titanic’s sinking, his spouse’s physique was by no means discovered.

    The couple’s fictionalised model got here into being within the 1997 Hollywood film Titanic by James Cameron. Straus and his spouse have been portrayed as an aged couple and a shot confirmed them embracing in mattress because the chilly waters of the Atlantic entered their cabin.

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    THE ILL-FATED TITAN

    Submarine Titan, which started its journey to the Titanic wreck website, located at a depth of 12,500 toes within the Atlantic Ocean, misplaced contact after almost two hours on Sunday. The submarine is supplied with a four-day emergency oxygen assist.

    Meanwhile, rescuers on Wednesday (native time) rushed extra ships and vessels to the world the place Titan disappeared, hoping underwater sounds they detected for a second straight day may assist slim their search in an more and more pressing mission.

    Crew members have been scouring an space of round 26,000 sq. kilometers in waters 4 kilometres deep, mentioned Captain Jamie Frederick of the First Coast Guard District.