大統領 of the Explorers Club 支払う／賃金s 尊敬の印 to members Hamish Harding and Paul-Henri Nargeolet after death of Titanic Five was 確認するd - 賞賛するing them for the 'betterment of mankind'

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The 大統領 of the Explorers Club has paid 尊敬の印 to members Hamish Harding and Paul-Henri Nargeolet after the deaths of the Titanic Five were 確認するd.

OceanGate, the company behind the 探検隊／遠征隊, said that all five had died during the adventure after the 上陸 でっちあげる，人を罪に陥れる and 後部 cover of the sub were discovered.?

Since then, 尊敬の印s have begun 注ぐing in from across the globe to remember the men on board, 含むing from Titanic director James Cameron and British Foreign 長官 James Cleverly.?

This 含むs a letter from Richard Garriott, 大統領 of the Explorers Club - a professional society for scientists and entrepreneurs - who said the men had been 'drawn to 調査する' for the 'betterment of mankind'.

Garriott wrote: 'Our hearts are broken. I am so sorry to have to 株 this 悲劇の news.

French 海軍 退役軍人 PH?Nargeolet (left) was on the sub along with Stockton 急ぐ (権利), CEO of the OceanGate 探検隊／遠征隊

Five people had been on board, 含むing British 億万長者 adventurer Hamish Harding (left)? and?Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman, who was just 19

The five men had been 船内に the OceanGate 巨人, pictured here, trying to see the 難破させる of the Titanic when it imploded??

Richard Garriott said the men had been 'drawn to 調査する' for the 'betterment of mankind'

'Our friends and fellow Explorers Club members Hamish Harding and Paul-Henri Nargeolet are lost, along with Stockton 急ぐ, Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman, while trying to reach the RMS Titanic.

'Hamish Harding is a dear friend to me 本人自身で and to The Explorers Club. He 持つ／拘留するs several world 記録，記録的な／記録するs and has continued to 押し進める dragons off 地図／計画するs both in person and through supporting 探検隊／遠征隊s and worthy 原因（となる）s.?

'Paul-Henri was elected to the Club in 2001 and was one of the 真っ先の 専門家s on submersible 探検隊／遠征隊s to the Titanic.?

'They were both drawn to 調査する, like so many of us, and did so in the 指名する of meaningful science for the betterment of mankind.?

'While we did not know Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman 本人自身で, their 願望（する） to 調査する as a family would have led them to our doorstep at some point in their 未来s, where we would have welcomed them.

'Their memories will be a blessing and will continue to 奮起させる us in the 指名する of science and 探検.'?

Shahzada Dawood was one of Pakistan's richest men. Also on board was OceanGate 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある Stockton 急ぐ.

Garriott said that the club were 'heartbroken for the families, friends and 同僚s of those who were lost'

Foreign 長官 of the 部隊d Kingdom, James Cleverly, tweeted: '悲劇の news that those on the 巨人 submersible,?含むing three British 国民s, have been lost に引き続いて an international search 操作／手術.?

'The UK 政府 is closely supporting the families 影響する／感情d and 表明するs our deepest 弔慰s.'

Titanic director James Cameron paid 尊敬の印 to?Paul-Henri Nargeolet, telling ABC News: ‘The 伝説の submersible dive 操縦する, he is a friend of 地雷. It is a very small community. I’ve known him for 25 years.

‘For him to have died tragically in this way is almost impossible for me to 過程.’

Director of Titanic Cameron paid 尊敬の印 to his fr iend Nargeolet on ABC News, 説 it was impossible for him to 過程

The Foreign 長官 of the 部隊d Kingdom James Cleverly also paid 尊敬の印 to the men on board?

In a 声明 from OceanGate, the company said: 'We now believe that our CEO Stockton 急ぐ, Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, and Paul-Henri Nargeolet, have sadly been lost.

'These men were true explorers who 株d a 際立った spirit of adventure, and a 深い passion for 調査するing and 保護するing the world’s oceans.?

'Our hearts are with these five souls and every member of their families during this 悲劇の time. We grieve the loss of life and joy they brought to everyone they knew.'

The submersible had been 行方不明の since 9.45am on Sunday morning after 存在 開始する，打ち上げるd into the 大西洋 at 8am.?

A 十分な 規模 救助（する） 使節団 was 開始する，打ち上げるd to 回復する the 行方不明の sub and 乗組員 after it disappeared 400 miles southeast of Newfoundland, Canada, as oxygen 供給（する）s in the sub continued to dwindle.

Earlier today it was 発表するd that, にもかかわらず the frantic search to find the sub and 乗組員, they had all 死なせる／死ぬd during the 降下／家系 to the 難破させる of the Titanic.?

'The implosion would have 生成するd a 重要な, broadband sound that the sonar ブイ，浮標s would have 選ぶd up,' explained 後部 海軍大将 John Mauger of the US Coast Guard at a 圧力（をかける） 会議／協議会 today.

It would have been an instant death for the men, some of whom had paid $250,000 each to see the famous shipwreck.

In a gut-wrenching blow for their families, 専門家s say there is little prospect of 回復するing any of their remains.

'This is an incredibly unforgiving 環境 負かす／撃墜する there. The 破片 is 一貫した of a 壊滅的な implosion of the 大型船.. we'll continue to work and search the area 負かす／撃墜する there - but I don't have an answer for prospects at this time,' Paul Hankin, a 深い sea 専門家 伴う／関わるd in the search, said.