The Simpsons writer Mike Reiss went on OceanGate submersible thrice. Here’s what he said
In an interview Mike Reiss gave The US Sun, he said, “I've taken three different dives with the company and every time communication was an issue."
The internet has received a shock every time people find out that a remarkable event happening in real life was predicted in the animated series The Simpsons. And it is not news that an episode aired back in 2006 almost resembled the recent case of the Titanic tour submersible named The Titan.
But did you know that one of the writers of the series, Mike Reiss, went onboard the submersible? Shocking, right? Well it’s true! Reiss took three dives on the vessel and explored the wreckage of HMS Titanic.
In an interview Reiss gave The US Sun, “I've taken three different dives with the company and every time communication was an issue."
"The possibility of catastrophe and death just hangs over you - it's just a part of what you're doing. You sign a length waiver before you get on the ship that mentions death three times on the first page,” he added.
Eagle-eyed netizens have dug deep enough to find out an episode from 2006 that kind of shows the Titanic tour submersible Titan’s ill fate. If you still don’t know the buzz around The Titan, let us tell you. The Titan submersible was on an expedition to view the wreckage of HMS Titanic. Sadly, just like the ancient and majestic luxury cruiser, the submersible lost communication with the mother ship and has met a tragic end.
The five passengers onboard the Titan submersible have been identified as OceanGate Expeditions CEO Stockton Rush, British billionaire Hamish Harding, French diver Paul Henry Nargeolet, and Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son, Suleman.
The expedition to the wreck, which OceanGate has been operating since 2021, cost $250,000 (over Rs 2 crore) per person, according to OceanGate's website.
Questions about Titan's safety were raised in 2018 during a symposium of submersible industry experts and in a lawsuit by OceanGate's former head of marine operations, which was settled later that year.