Two of the five people on the missing Titanic tour submersible have ties to the Bay Area.
A frantic and massive search effort for the missing Titan submersible continued Tuesday roughly 900 miles east of Cape Cod. The sub lost communication on Sunday, less than two hours into a trip to view the wreckage of the Titanic.
"There could’ve been an accident," retired Royal Navy Rear Admiral Chris Parry said."It could have become entangled in the wreckage of Titanic. It could indeed have had a catastrophic failure." The names of the five men aboard the sub were made public Tuesday. They are British billionaire Hamish Harding; French diver Paul-Henry Nargeolet; Stockton Rush, a Cal graduate and the CEO of OceanGate Expeditions, the company that owns the missing sub; and Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman.Sign up for NBC Bay Area’s Housing Deconstructed newsletter.
Shahzada Dawood has ties to the Bay Area. Since 2020, he has been on the board of the SETI Institute based in Mountain View. The institute is dedicated to identifying life across the universe. A spokesperson said the institute is deeply concerned about Shahzada and his son and are in contact with their family.
The SETI Institute and its CEO, Bill Diamond, issued the following statement:"The entire SETI Institute community is devastated by the news of our Trustee, Shahzada Dawood and his son, Suleman, who are on board the missing submersible with three other passengers and crew. Shahzada is not only a member of our Board of Trustees but also a dear friend and part of the SETI Institute family.
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