Hamish Harding, a British businessman, pilot, explorer, adventurer, and space tourist, resided in the United Arab Emirates. |
He was the chairman of 'Action Aviation,' a global aircraft brokerage company based in Dubai. |
In 1988, he began working at 'Logica' in London, United Kingdom. |
Harding served as Managing Director at Logica India in Bangalore from 1997 to 2002. |
In 2003, he established 'Action Group,' a private equity firm in Dubai and the UK. |
'Action Aviation,' an aviation brokerage company, was founded by him in the following year. |
The company has a presence in Dubai, the UK, the USA, and India. |
'Action Aviation' operated a helicopter air ambulance service in Qatar. |
In 2016, Harding and Buzz Aldrin visited the South Pole. |
He introduced the first regular business jet service to the Antarctic in 2017. |
In 2019, he led the 'One More Orbit Mission,' setting a Guinness World Record. |
Harding embarked on a South Pole expedition with his son in 2020. |
In 2021, he achieved Guinness World Records during a deep-sea dive. |
He participated in a space mission with Blue Origin in 2022. |
In 2022, his company transported cheetahs from Namibia to India. |
'Action Aviation' supported the reintroduction of cheetahs to India for a conservation project. |
Harding went missing in the 2023 Titan submersible incident. |
The passengers' demise was confirmed in June 2023 after the discovery of a debris field near the Titanic wreckage. |
OceanGate reported that the passengers died in a "catastrophic implosion." |