The mother of the teenage boy who died on the Tital submersible should have been on the trip instead of him. Christine Dawood had originally been booked on the adventure only for it to be delayed as a result of the covid pandemic.
But when it was rearranged for a later date she gave her place to son, Suleman who had been disappointed to miss out. The 19-year-old and his father Shahzada were among five people to lose their lives when the vessel imploded on a journey to view the wreck of the Titanic.
And she and daughter Alina, 17, remained on board the sub support vessel, the Polar Prince as the dad and son went on the Father's Day trip of a lifetime. Speaking to the BBC Mrs Dawood said: "It was supposed to be Shahzada and I going down,” she said. “I stepped back and gave the place to Suleman because he really wanted to go.”
