The friend of an explorer aboard the missing Titanic submarine is remaining hopeful that his friend and the rest of the passengers can be rescued.
With the knowledge that his pal Hamish Harding is “fiercely intellectual”, fellow explorer Chris Brown said he believes the businessman will have the mental capacity to pull out all the stops in order to keep those aboard calm, as he works towards a successful plan to alert searchers of the boat’s whereabouts.
On Wednesday (June 21), there were reports that a Canadian P-3 plane – using a sonar buoy – managed to pick up some sounds in the North Atlantic.
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Five people were on board when contact was lost an hour and 45 minutes into the sub’s dive towards the wreck on Sunday (June 17).
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Luckily, those aboard have every chance of making it back to the surface, due to the skills of Hamish, Chris has said.
Speaking on This Morning, Chris said: “He’s extremely capable. He’ll be calm under pressure. He’s fiercely intellectual. He’ll be going through all sorts of ways as to how they can make the situation better, like reducing the use of oxygen.
“There’s been reports of sounds coming from that area every 30 minutes. That’s the type of thing I’d expect Hamish to have come up with, because constant noise at a regular interval is usually human-made.”
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And while the presenters asked him to discuss his own personal expedition, he chose not to, instead focusing on the innocent victims of those currently stuck in the tragic situation.
He asserted: “I’d signed up to a similar expedition. But the issue at the moment is about saving these poor souls who are trapped under the water.”
Alongside Hamish, British-Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, 48, and his son Suleman, 18, French explorer Paul-Henry Nargeolet, 77, and Stockton Rush, 61, the chief executive of OceanGate are also stuck inside the vessel.
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The space they are stuck in, estimated to be 12,500 ft down, will be extremely dark and with limited oxygen.
Chris said: “The space is about the size of a transit van, which is quite cramped inside, with little room to move. It’s a two-hour descent down to the wreck; then you’re supposed to have about three hours around the wreck and then two hours coming back up.”
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