In a race against time, U.S. and Canadian rescue teams have been working since Monday to find the missing submersible vessel Titan and its five passengers, one of whom has ties to 海角换妻.
One of the passengers is French Titanic expert and Paul-Henry Nargeolet, who's lived in 海角换妻. The other four confirmed passengers have been listed as OceanGate founder Stockton Rush, Hamish Harding, Dubai-based British businessman and chairman of aircraft brokering company Action Aviation, as well as vice chairman of Engro Corporation Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman Dawood.
Nargeolet's first name has been listed two ways: Paul-Henry and Paul-Henri.
He had recently lived in Kent, a 海角换妻 town along the New York border. Neighbors in Kent told WTIC-TV, Fox61,
He鈥檚 the director of underwater research at Experiential Media Group (E/M Group) and RMS Titanic, Inc. According to his on the E/M Group website, Nargeolet led several expeditions to the Titanic, completed 37 submersible dives and helped recover 5,000 artifacts.
RMS Titanic issued a statement, describing Nargeolet, who they call "PH," as a "precious member" of the company.
"We are devastated with the news, but remain steadfast in our hope for a safe rescue for all," president Jessica Sanders said. "PH is more than a colleague, he is a friend. No one has more experience at the wreck site than PH, and no one has a better chance of navigating through equipment failures than he does. We remain hopeful."
Nargeolet retired from the French Navy in 1986 and joined the French Institute for Research and Exploitation of Sea, where he led the first recovery expedition to the Titanic wreck in 1987.
He has lived in Greenwich, media reports indicate.
Nargeolet talked with Greenwich Time in 2012. He鈥檚 met families of survivors that had mixed emotions about his interest in preserving Titanic,
"One woman told me, `I think what you are doing is great,'" "`By the way, my mother forgot her necklace on the side table of the cabin. Can you bring it back?'"
The Kent Library Association lists Nargeolet
About Titan
Titan is one of three five-person submersibles owned and operated by research and exploration company . The vessel lost contact with its mother ship, Canadian research vessel Polar Prince, an hour and 45 minutes into its trip to the RMS Titanic shipwreck. Titan is a submersible vessel, which means that unlike a submarine, it does not have enough to launch and recover itself.
Each ticket cost $250,000 for an eight-day trip, which included underwater excursions to the wreck. The remains of the Titanic shipwreck sit in the North Atlantic Ocean about 370 off the coast of Newfoundland at a depth of 12,500 feet, or 3,800 meters.
About the search
The Boston Coast Guard posted on early Wednesday morning that a Canadian aircraft 鈥渄etected underwater noises in the search area鈥� but yielded no results.
According to First Coast Guard District response coordinator Capt. Jamie Frederick during a press briefing on Wednesday afternoon, remotely operated vehicles (or ) will continue searching for the source of these noises.
This story has been updated with additional details on where Nargeolet has lived.