19-year-old Titan passenger was ‘terrified’ of getting on doomed submersible, aunt says

Suleman Dawood, the 19-year-old who authorities mentioned was one among 5 passengers aboard the submersible that imploded close to the Titanic’s wreckage final week, was fearful of creating the underseas voyage, in keeping with his aunt.

Azmeh Dawood, the sister of British-Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood who search officers mentioned additionally died on the vessel, informed NBC News that Suleman was “terrified” about boarding the ill-fated Titan submersible on the morning of June 18.

However, Ms. Dawood mentioned that Suleman in the end boarded the vessel as a Father’s Day reward for his dad — who was a large fan of the Titanic and its historical past.

“I am thinking of Suleman, who is 19, in there, just perhaps gasping for breath … It’s been crippling, to be honest,” Ms. Dawood informed NBC News.

The U.S. Coast Guard mentioned Thursday that the Titan suffered a “catastrophic” implosion when the submersible’s hull was crushed by the load of the ocean lower than two hours after it started its descent towards the well-known wreckage.

Search groups discovered particles from the vessel about 1,600 ft from the Titanic’s bow.

Authorities launched a large, four-day search operation within the North Atlantic as they held out hope that the vessel was both caught on the wreckage or had floated to the ocean’s floor.