One of Pakistan’s richest men and his son among five on missing sub

One of Pakistan’s richest men – a UK-based board member of the Prince’s Trust charity – and his son are trapped alongside British billionaire on missing Titanic sub: Desperate search in the Atlantic as air runs out hours after last ping above wreck

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One of Pakistan’s richest men and his teenage son are among the five people missing in the submarine that set off to see the wreck of the Titanic before losing all communication thousands of feet underwater, it was revealed today. Shahzada Dawood (pictured bottom right), 48, a UK-based board member of the Prince’s Trust charity, and his son Sulaiman Dawood, 19, were on board the tiny underwater craft taking paying tourists to view the famous wreck 12,500ft underwater when they lost signal in the dark depths of the Atlantic Ocean, 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.

Their desperate family, including Shahzada's wife Christina (pictured with Shahzada) and daughter Alina, are now enduring an agonizing wait for any news of the pair - hoping in vain that they could somehow be found thousands of feet underwater before the oxygen onboard runs out in around 50 hours. '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,' the Dawood family said in a statement. The Dawood family are among the richest in Pakistan, but have strong links to the UK and Shahzada is believed to live in a Surrey mansion with Christine, who works as a life coach, son Sulaiman and daughter Alina.

Their desperate family, including Shahzada’s wife Christina (pictured with Shahzada) and daughter Alina, are now enduring an agonizing wait for any news of the pair – hoping in vain that they could somehow be found thousands of feet underwater before the oxygen onboard runs out in around 50 hours. ‘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,’ the Dawood family said in a statement. The Dawood family are among the richest in Pakistan, but have strong links to the UK and Shahzada is believed to live in a Surrey mansion with Christine, who works as a life coach, son Sulaiman and daughter Alina. 

Shahzada is the Vice Chairman of Engro Corporation, which makes fertilisers, food and energy, as well as the Dawood Hercules Corporation, which makes chemicals. He was born in Pakistan but moved to the UK where he studied law at the University of Buckingham. The missing tourist submersible with five people aboard including British billionaire Hamish Harding is understood to have last 'pinged' while it was directly above its destination - the Titanic. Paul-Henri Nargeolet, the French world-renowned explorer, is also onboard. OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush is believed to be the fifth crew member.

Shahzada is the Vice Chairman of Engro Corporation, which makes fertilisers, food and energy, as well as the Dawood Hercules Corporation, which makes chemicals. He was born in Pakistan but moved to the UK where he studied law at the University of Buckingham. The missing tourist submersible with five people aboard including British billionaire Hamish Harding is understood to have last ‘pinged’ while it was directly above its destination – the Titanic. Paul-Henri Nargeolet, the French world-renowned explorer, is also onboard. OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush is believed to be the fifth crew member. 

There is now a desperate race against time for rescue crews from the U.S. and Canada to find the vessel, which is understood to have last 'pinged' whilst it was directly above the Titanic wreck, before the air onboard runs out. It is believed the submarine has enough oxygen to last underwater until 12pm on Thursday UK time (7am EST).

There is now a desperate race against time for rescue crews from the U.S. and Canada to find the vessel, which is understood to have last ‘pinged’ whilst it was directly above the Titanic wreck, before the air onboard runs out. It is believed the submarine has enough oxygen to last underwater until 12pm on Thursday UK time (7am EST). 

If the submersible is intact, the five people onboard will be facing dwindling oxygen levels and fighting the cold and facing the risk of hypothermia, David Gallo, senior advisor for Strategic Initiatives, RMS Titanic, which owns the salvage rights to the Titanic wreck site, told CNN. He said hypothermia will be a risk 'if the sub is still at the bottom, because in the deep ocean it is just above freezing cold.' 'One of the biggest things is where is it? Is it on the bottom, is it floating, is it mid-water? That is something that has not been determined yet... We will have to wait and see and hope for the best,' Gallo added. Pictured: Billionaire Hamish Harding, CEO of Action Aviation in Dubai, who is also onboard the sub. Read the full story: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12213257/One-Pakistans-richest-men-son-trapped-Titanic-sub-passengers-family-reveals.html?ito=msngallery

If the submersible is intact, the five people onboard will be facing dwindling oxygen levels and fighting the cold and facing the risk of hypothermia, David Gallo, senior advisor for Strategic Initiatives, RMS Titanic, which owns the salvage rights to the Titanic wreck site, told CNN. He said hypothermia will be a risk ‘if the sub is still at the bottom, because in the deep ocean it is just above freezing cold.’ ‘One of the biggest things is where is it? Is it on the bottom, is it floating, is it mid-water? That is something that has not been determined yet… We will have to wait and see and hope for the best,’ Gallo added. Pictured: Billionaire Hamish Harding, CEO of Action Aviation in Dubai, who is also onboard the sub. Read the full story: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12213257/One-Pakistans-richest-men-son-trapped-Titanic-sub-passengers-family-reveals.html?ito=msngallery

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