a woman who lost her husband and son when a submersible imploded in the atlantic last week has told the bbc she was supposed to be on board, but gave her place to her 19 year old son. shahzada and suleman dawood were among the five men who were on board the titan. christine dawood has been speaking to nomia iqbal. the sentence, we lost comm. can you give us a sense of what it has been like for you the past week. it it has been like for you the past week- it has been like for you the ast week. , ., ., ., , past week. it is unfathomable but what is past week. it is unfathomable but what is it past week. it is unfathomable but what is it like? the sentence, we lost comm. i think that would be a sentence i will never want to hear in my life again. like, lost comm, as in, we lost communication. were you aboard the vessel, were you here? yes, i was aboard the vessel, i was on the ship.
after a technical fault forced people to use an alternative to get help. bt, which manages the service says the glitch has been resolved. now to an exclusive interview with the wife and mother of two of the british passengers lost in the titan sub disaster in the north atlantic last week. the submersible was on its way to view the wreck of the titanic when contact was lost and the vessel imploded. christine dawood, the wife of shahzada dawood and the mother of 19 year old suleman dawood was on the polar prince which was supervising the mission. she told the bbc that she had initially planned to go on the trip herself, but gave the spot to her son because he was so excited by the prospect. she s been speaking to the bbc s nomia iqbal in stjohn s, newfoundland, from where the expedition had set off. the sentence, we lost comm. i think that would be a sentence i will never want to hear in my life again. like, lost comm, as in,
husband and son, and incredibly painful moment for her, but she wanted to share how she felt with the bbc. the sentence, we lost comm. i think that would be a sentence i will never want to hear in my life again. like, lost comm, as in, we lost communication. were you aboard the vessel, were you here? yes, i was aboard the vessel, i was on the ship. i think i lost i hope when we passed the 96 hours mark. that s when i lost hope. and that s when i sent a message to my family onshore. i said, i m preparing for the worst. that s when i lost hope. but my daughter, for example, she didn t lose hope until. until the call with the coastguard, when they basically informed us that they d found debris. tell me just some memories that
you re live with bbc news. christine dawood, who lost her husband and son when a submersible imploded in the atlantic last week has told the bbc she was supposed to be on board, but gave her place to her 19 year old son. shahzada and suleman dawood were among the five men who were on board the titan. christine dawood has been speaking exclusively to our correspondent nomia iqbal. the sentence, we lost comm, i think that would be a sentence i will never want to hear in my life again. like, lost comm, as in, we lost communication. were you aboard the vessel, were you here? yes, i was aboard the vessel, i was on the ship. i think i lost i hope when we passed the 96 hours mark. that s when i lost hope. and that s when i sent a message to my family onshore. isaid, i m preparing for the worst. that s when i lost hope. but my daughter, for example, she didn t lose hope until. until the call with the coastguard, when they basically informed us that
shahzada and suleman dawood were among the five men who were on board the titan. christine dawood has been speaking to nomia iqbal. the sentence, we lost comm, i think that would be a sentence i will never want to hear in my life again. like, lost comm, as in, we lost communication. were you aboard the vessel, were you here? yes, i was aboard the vessel, i was on the ship. i think i lost i hope when we passed the 96 hours mark. that s when i lost hope. and that s when i sent a message to my family onshore. isaid, i m preparing for the worst. that s when i lost hope. but my daughter, for example, she didn t lose hope until. until the call with the coastguard, when they basically informed us that they d found debris.