Students have spoken of their shock after it was revealed that a teenager trapped on the missing Titanic submarine studied at Strathclyde University in Glasgow.
Suleman Dawood, 19, is one of five people on board the stricken vessel which disappeared during a dive to the ship wreck - including his businessman father Shahzada, 48.
A university spokesman said they were deeply concerned about the student and the others in the vessel - as rescue teams estimated that oxygen supplies on board had run out.
On Thursday evening it was confirmed a "debris field" had been found within the search area for the missing Titan submersible.
In a statement, the uni said: “We are deeply concerned about Suleman, his father and the others involved in this incident.
“Our thoughts are with their families and loved ones and we continue to hope for a positive outcome.”
A former pupil of ACS International School Cobham in Surrey, Suleman has just completed his first year at Strathclyde Business School.
The university’s principal and vice-chancellor, Prof Sir Jim McDonald, wrote to students to inform them he was in the missing Titan sub on Thursday afternoon.
He said: “I write to you with a heavy heart to share the news that one of our students, Suleman Dawood, is a passenger on board the submersible that is missing in the North Atlantic.
“We are deeply concerned about Suleman, his father and the others involved in this incident. I know you will join me in sending our thoughts and prayers to their families and loved ones.”
Business school student Sukhvinder Dhadiyal, 27, said she had been left shaken by the news.
She said: “I cannot even express how sorry I feel for his family. I can’t imagine what they’re going through.
“He will have made close friends here in his first year.
“It’s so shocking.”
Martha Mulgrew, who is in the same class as Suleman, said: “He’s 19, the same age as me.
“He must be absolutely terrified not knowing if he is going to be saved. The oxygen is running out.”
Another business school student told the Record: “I’ve been following what’s been happening with the submarine because it’s all over the news but never imagined one of my fellow students would be involved. It’s so sad.”
Another added: “The whole Strathclyde community will be so shocked and sad to hear this.
“Our thoughts are with his family and friends.”
A desperate international mission has been underway to try and find the Titan vessel before their four-day oxygen supply ran out.
A US coast guard spokesperson previously said it will run out at exactly 12.08pm UK time on Thursday - but no trace has been found.
The craft submerged on Sunday morning before its support vessel lost contact with it about an hour and 45 minutes later, according to the Coast Guard.
It went missing around 435 miles south of St. John’s, Newfoundland, according to Canada’s Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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