Hamish Harding

George Hamish Livingston Harding (24 Yuni 1964 - 18 Yuni 2023) ɗan kasuwa ne na Burtaniya, matukin jirgi kuma mai kasada wanda ke zaune a Hadaddiyar Daular Larabawa (UAE). Shi ne wanda ya kafa Action Group kuma ya kasance shugaban Action Aviation, kamfanin dillalin jirgin sama na kasa da kasa tare da hedikwatar a Dubai. Wani memba na The Explorers Club, ya ziyarci Kudancin Pole sau da yawa, ya sauka zuwa Challenger Deep na Mariana Trench, ya yi tafiya zuwa sararin samaniya, kuma ya gudanar da Guinness World Records guda uku.

Harding ya mutu tare da wasu hudu a cikin Titan submersible wanda ya fashe a cikin Tekun Atlantika ta Arewa yayin da yake kan hanyar kallon fashewar Titanic.

An haifi George Hamish Livingston Harding a Hammersmith, London, a ranar 24 ga Yuni 1964. Ya yi yarantakarsa a Hong Kong, kuma Apollo 11 ya yi wahayi zuwa gare shi yayin kallon taron a talabijin tun yana ƙarami tare da iyayensa a shekarar 1969.^[1] Ya yi karatu a Gloucester" id="mwJg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="The King's School, Gloucester">Makarantar Sarki, makarantar rana mai zaman kanta a birnin Gloucester a Kudu maso Yammacin Ingila daga 1975-82.^[2] A shekara ta 13, ya shiga Air Training Corps, kungiyar matasa da Royal Air Force ke tallafawa, kuma ya tashi Jiragen saman Chipmunk.^[2] Ya sami lasisin matukin jirgi a shekarar 1985 yayin da yake halartar Kwalejin Pembroke, Cambridge . ^[1] Ya kammala karatu a Jami'ar Cambridge tare da digiri a fannin Kimiyya ta Halitta da kuma digiri na biyu a fannin Injiniyan Chemical . ^[3]

Duk da wallafe-wallafe da yawa da ke kwatanta Harding a matsayin biliyan, babu wata hujja da aka samu don tabbatar da wannan sanarwa, inda aka yi hasashe cewa an yi amfani da sunan don fitar da ra'ayoyin labarin.^[4] Forbes ya lura cewa Harding bai bayyana a cikin jerin biliyoyin ba, kuma ba a san ainihin darajarsa ba. A cikin shekarun 1990s, Harding ya yi aiki a masana'antar fasahar bayanai. Ya taimaka wajen kafa Logica Middle East a Dubai da Saudi Arabia, tare da aiki a matsayin Manajan Darakta na Logica India har sai da ya kafa Kamfanin saka hannun jari mai zaman kansa Action Group a 1999. A shekara ta 2004, ya kafa kamfanin kasuwanci na jet dillalin Action Aviation .^[5]

Harding ya yi aiki tare da kamfanin yawon bude ido na VIP na Antarctic, White Desert, ta amfani da Gulfstream G550 don gabatar da sabis na jet na kasuwanci na farko zuwa Antarctic. Harding ya kuma ziyarci Kudancin Pole sau da yawa; ya bi Buzz Aldrin a cikin 2016 lokacin da ya zama mutum mafi tsufa da ya kai Kudancin Kudancin (shekara 86) da ɗansa lokacin da ya kasance ƙarami (12).

Tsakanin 9 da 11 ga Yulin 2019, don bikin cika shekaru 50 na saukowar Apollo 11 Moon, Harding, tare da Terry Virts, sun jagoranci ƙungiyar masu jirgin sama waɗanda suka ɗauki Guinness World Record don kewaya duniya ta hanyar Arewa da Kudancin Poles a cikin Gulfstream G650ER a cikin awanni 46 da minti 40. An kaddamar da aikin One More Orbit kuma ya sauka a Shuttle Landing Facility (Space Florida) a Cibiyar NASA Kennedy Space a Amurka.

A ranar 5 ga Maris 2021, Harding da Victor Vescovo sun nutse zuwa zurfin Mariana Trench, Challenger Deep, a zurfin kusan 11,000 m (36,000 feet), a cikin motar DSV Limiting Factor mai zurfi mai zurfi, suna saita Guinness World Records don mafi girman nesa da aka rufe a zurfin teku kuma mafi girman lokacin da aka kashe a zurfin tekun. ^[6][7] Ɗansa mai shekaru 13 ya bi aikin a kan jirgin ruwa na DSSV Pressure Drop .^[8]

TA watan Satumbar 2022, kamfanin Harding na Action Aviation ya samar da jirgin sama na Boeing 747-400 don jigilar cheetahs na daji guda takwas daga Namibia zuwa Indiya don ƙaddamar da sake gabatar da Cheetah zuwa Indiya na aikin Gwamnatin Indiya da Asusun Kare Cheetah a Namibia (CCF) . ^[9] An ayyana Cheetahs a Indiya a shekarar 1952. ^[10] Wannan aikin kiyayewa an sanya shi "tafiye-tafiye mai alama" ta Explorers Club tare da membobin kulob din Harding da Laurie Marker, wanda ya kafa CCF, suna ɗauke da tutar a kan jirgin zuwa Indiya.^[11]

Harding ya auri matarsa Linda kuma yana da 'ya'ya maza biyu da' ya'ya maza guda biyu. Ya zauna a Dubai tare da iyalinsa.^[12]

Tafiyar Titan da mutuwa

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Harding yana cikin Titan, jirgin ruwa mallakar OceanGate, Inc., don kallon fashewar Titanic, lokacin da jirgin ya rasa hulɗa da jirgin sama, MV Polar Prince, a ranar 18 ga Yuni 2023. ^[13] Ayyukan bincike da ceto sun haɗa da tallafin ruwa da iska daga Amurka, Kanada da Faransa.

A ranar 22 ga Yuni, kwana biyu kafin abin da zai kasance ranar haihuwar Harding ta 59, an gano wani filin tarkace kusan mita 490 (1,600 daga baka na Titanic. Wani taron manema labarai na Amurka Coast Guard daga baya ya tabbatar da cewa tarkace ya dace da asarar matsin lamba, wanda ya haifar da fashewa da mutuwar nan take na duk wanda ke cikin jirgin.

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2. 1 2 Norris, Phil (23 June 2023). "The King's School pays tribute to Hamish Harding, former pupil who died in Titanic sub incident". Gloucestershire Echo. Archived from the original on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
3. ↑ Davenport, Justin (4 June 2022). "Blue Origin launches NS-21 suborbital flight with six passengers". Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
4. ↑ Salmon, Felix (2023-06-23). "The making of a "billionaire"". Axios (in Turanci). Retrieved 2025-12-05.
5. ↑ Ray, Siladitya. "Hamish Harding: What We Know About Aviation Mogul Onboard Missing Titanic Wreck Sub". Forbes (in Turanci). Archived from the original on 2024-12-04. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
6. ↑ Salmon, Felix (2023-06-23). "The making of a "billionaire"". Axios (in Turanci). Retrieved 2025-12-05.
7. ↑ Millward, Adam (December 29, 2021). "Earth's tallest mountain, Mauna Kea, ascended for the first time". Guinness World Records. Archived from the original on 5 May 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
8. ↑ 🖉"NS-21 to Fly Six Customer Astronauts, Including First Mexican-Born Woman to Visit Space". Blue Origin. Archived from the original on 2022-05-09. Retrieved 2026-01-08.
9. ↑ Salmon, Felix (2023-06-23). "The making of a "billionaire"". Axios (in Turanci). Retrieved 2025-12-05.
10. ↑ Ray, Siladitya. "Hamish Harding: What We Know About Aviation Mogul Onboard Missing Titanic Wreck Sub". Forbes (in Turanci). Archived from the original on 2024-12-04. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
11. ↑ 🖉"NS-21 to Fly Six Customer Astronauts, Including First Mexican-Born Woman to Visit Space". Blue Origin. Archived from the original on 2022-05-09. Retrieved 2026-01-08.
12. ↑ Ng, Ellie (20 June 2023). "Who is missing British billionaire Hamish Harding?". The Independent (in Turanci). Archived from the original on 20 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
13. ↑ "What we know about the passengers on board missing Titanic submersible". Sky News (in Turanci). 19 June 2023. Archived from the original on 19 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.