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Aviation Legend Harding Among Missing Onboard Titanic Sub

Action Aviation chairman and noted adventurer Hamish Harding is among those missing during a submersible trip to the Titanic.

Action Aviation chair Hamish Harding — Aviation legend Hamish Harding is one of five indivduals onboard a submersible that went missing on its way to visit the wreckage of the Titanic. (Photo: Action Aviation)

By Curt Epstein • Business Aviation Services Editor

June 20, 2023

Hamish Harding—the chairman of Dubai-based aircraft brokerage Action Aviation, an air transport pilot, and a Living Legend of Aviation—is among five individuals onboard the Titan submersible that lost contact during a visit to the Titanic site on Sunday morning.

Harding is one of four commercial “mission specialists” who paid to join the vessel’s pilot on the 13,000-foot descent to view the Titanic’s remains. The Titan is believed to have up to 96 hours of life support reserves, and a multinational search instituted by the U.S. Coast Guard and the Canadian military has been ongoing.

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