for the daughter of Paul-Henri Nargeolet, “there is still a possibility” of finding the Titan

While the chances of finding the passengers of the Titan alive are dwindling, the daughter of Paul-Henri Nargeolet, French Titanic specialist on board the submersible, said on TF1 that her father “knows very well how to manage stressful situations in a submarine. -marine”.

She wants to keep hope. As the oxygen reserves of the submersible lost in the North Atlantic are running out, the daughter of the French passenger, Titanic specialist Paul-Henri Nargeolet, “believes” that the five occupants of the craft can be found alive.

“I know that my father is a very calm person and that he knows how to manage stressful situations very well in a submarine,” said Sidonie Nargeolet at 1 p.m. on TF1 this Thursday.

“I think he knows how to tell others how to react, to keep calm as much as possible and thus save oxygen”, she estimated, before adding: “I believe in it”.

Decisive hours and minutes

However, she remains lucid about the chances that dwindle as the minutes pass. Tuesday noon, the US Coast Guard had warned that there remained, according to their estimates, “about 40 hours of breathable air” on board.

“I believe that, of course, these next 24 hours are very decisive but that there is still a possibility of finding them,” Sidonie Nargeolet told TF1.

An American, a Frenchman, a Briton and two Pakistani-Britons dived into the abyss on Sunday aboard the Titan, a submersible designed for five people and about 6.5 meters long. Contact with the craft that had gone to explore the wreck of the Titanic was lost less than two hours after its departure.

A “passionate and passionate” man

With BFM Normandie, Bernard Cauvin, founder of the Cité de la Mer, described the French passenger as an “exciting and passionate” person. This longtime friend of Paul-Henri Nargeolet wanted to show his faith in his skills.

“In this disaster that has just happened with the Titan, there is on board the man who, in my opinion, in the world, knows best the management of a disaster like this and all the organization and the logistics necessary,” he said.

“Paul-Henri Nargeolet dived about thirty times on the wreck of the Titanic. (…) I am sure that if he comes back to dry land, he will tell us that he was not afraid and that it was a great experience. It will make him laugh,” also assured his press officer, Mathieu Johann.