Like the different passengers of the lacking submersible, Shahzada Dawood loves journey.
For the British-Pakistani businessman, 48, who boarded the vessel along with his son, Suleman, 19, the expedition to the destroy of the Titanic adopted a yearslong hobby for science and discovery, in step with buddies and circle of relatives.
“Traveling, science, are part of his DNA,” mentioned Ahsen Uddin Syed, a pal of Mr. Dawood who used to paintings with him at the Engro Corporation, a industry conglomerate the place Mr. Dawood is the vp.
Mr. Syed mentioned that Mr. Dawood loves Star Trek and Star Wars, and could also be keen on nature, ceaselessly touring to remote puts and sharing photos of his adventures.
“He is an explorer,” Mr. Syed mentioned.
Like his father, Suleman Dawood additionally loves science fiction, in step with a observation from Engro. He additionally performs volleyball and takes a willing hobby in fixing Rubik’s Cubes.
The elder Dawood’s Instagram profile is blanketed with high-definition photos of birds, flora and landscapes, starting from Greenland’s ice sheet to penguins in the Shetlands to a tiny fowl in London with the caption “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy.”
“Don’t adventures ever have an end?” Mr. Dawood wrote in a Facebook post ultimate 12 months from a travel in Iceland, quoting Bilbo Baggins from “The Fellowship of the Ring.” “I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on the story.”
Khalid Mansoor, some other former colleague of Mr. Dawood, mentioned that after the two labored in combination, Mr. Dawood used to be a passionate champion for the surroundings. He could also be a trustee at the SETI Institute, a company this is dedicated to the seek for extraterrestrial intelligence.
“The situation is extremely serious,” the institute wrote in a observation on Tuesday. “We are holding out every hope for a successful rescue mission and the safe return of our brother and all those on board.”
The Dawood circle of relatives declined to remark as a few of them traveled to Canada, the staging web site for the seek, a spokeswoman for Engro mentioned.
Shahzada Dawood and his spouse, Christine, who reside in Britain, actually have a daughter, Alina.
“May Shahzada and Suleman return to us safe and sound,” Mr. Dawood’s sister, Sabrina Dawood, wrote in a Facebook message.
Salman Masood contributed reporting.