A famed French diver referred to as 'Mr. Titanic' is without doubt one of the passengers on board the lacking submersible

• A veteran deep sea diver is on board the lacking submersible that excursions the Titanic shipwreck.
• Paul-Henry Nargeolet, referred to as “Mr. Titanic,” has visited the shipwreck website not less than 35 occasions.
• He was a part of the primary human expedition to go to the wreck website of the Titanic in 1987.

A former French navy captain and veteran deep sea diver referred to as “Mr. Titanic” has been recognized as among the many passengers on board the lacking submersible that was headed to the shipwreck website of the RMS Titanic within the depths of the North Atlantic. 

Explorer Paul-Henry Nargeolet, 77, has visited the wreck website of the long-lasting passenger liner that sank in 1912 after it hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage not less than 35 occasions. 

Nargeolet’s spokesman advised the BBC that the famed diver was one of many 5 individuals on board the 21-foot OceanGate Expeditions sub, which went out of contact on Sunday morning throughout a dive to the shipwreck website that lies 12,500 toes under the floor of the ocean. 

Mathieu Johann, Nargeolet’s spokesman, advised the BBC that he hoped the crew on board the lacking submersible could be reassured by Nargeolet’s poise and navy background as search-and-rescue groups proceed to work in a race in opposition to time to find the vessel. 

Nargeolet is aboard the lacking OceanGate Expeditions sub with passengers Hamish Harding, a British billionaire, British businessman Shahzada Dawood, and his son Suleman. 

The Telegraph reported that Nargeolet was a part of the primary human expedition to go to the wreck website of the Titanic in 1987 after it was found two years earlier in an expedition led by oceanographer Robert Ballard.

“It was completely unbelievable,” Nargeolet advised Forbes in a 2012 interview of the primary time he laid eyes on the sunken passenger liner whereas on board a manned submersible. 

“Normally, on the submersibles, everyone seems to be speaking, there’s at all times noise. However as we approached the bow, all of us went silent,” Nargeolet mentioned on the time, including, “There was completely no sound within the sub. I used to be in awe.”

As he gazed upon the Titanic wreckage, Nargeolet mentioned he “might nearly see the individuals strolling within the deck.”

Moreover, Nargeolet and his staff mapped the 3-by-5-mile span of the Titanic particles discipline for the primary time with the assistance of sonar and greater than 130,000 images taken from robotically-controlled underwater gadgets, in response to Forbes. 

Nargeolet warned of the hazards of deep sea diving and visiting the Titanic wreck website throughout a 2019 interview with the Irish Examiner, saying, “You are useless earlier than you understand that one thing is going on.” 

“If you’re 11m or 11km down, if one thing dangerous occurs, the end result is similar,” Nargeolet advised the newspaper on the time. “Once you’re in very deep water, you are useless earlier than you understand that one thing is going on, so it is simply not an issue.”

Nargeolet, who’s expert in piloting submersibles and is a extremely skilled diver, as soon as broke the report for deepest submersible dive at 35,853 toes under the floor, in response to the Irish Examiner.