The family of a French explorer’s suing the owner of a submersible, which imploded on a mission to the Titanic.

The family of a French explorer’s suing the owner of a submersible, which imploded on a mission to the Titanic.

Paul-Henri Nargeolet was one of five people who died in the North Atlantic in June last year.

Relatives argue the crew experienced ‘terror and mental anguish’ and have filed a near £40 million lawsuit in America.

Billionaire Hamish Harding, investor Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman from Long Ditton also died.

Oceangate CEO Stockton Rush was the fifth person who perished.

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