Mike Reiss, writer and producer of The Simpsons, dived three times in the Titan submersible to see the wreckage of the Titanic. According to him, although it was a good experience, communication failures are among the main challenges. The writer also said he was still aware of the possibility that he died during last year’s trip. This week, search teams are mobilizing to try to find a submarine that disappeared on Sunday (18/6), with five people on board.

“It’s new technology, and they learn a lot as they use it, but communication is probably the weakest link in the chain, and I think in two out of three cases where I was there, they were able to reestablish communication, but that seems to be the hardest part of this thing,” Reiss told The Sun.

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The writer pointed out that the crew members sign a term that informs about the risks of the expedition. “The possibility of disaster and death hangs over you – it’s part of what you do. You sign a waiver before you board the ship that mentions death three times on the front page than you don’t. think, but you know you could die at any moment or things could go really bad at any moment, and that’s part of the experience.”

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The five missing crew members are billionaire Hamish Harding; explorer Shahzada Dawood and his son, Suleman Dawood; OceanGate President Stockton Rush; and Titanic sinking expert Paul-Henry Nargeolet. In addition to the Canadian and United States navies, government agencies and deep-sea commercial companies are participating in the search operation for the submersible.

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In 2018, a former employee of the company that built the submersible warned of “quality control and safety issues”. David Lochridge, then director of marine operations at OceanGate, disagreed with the position of sinking the Titan without the vehicle having undergone a non-destructive test, which would be able to prove its integrity. According to Lochridge, the submersible’s unique viewing window was built to withstand pressure at a depth of 1,300 meters, three times shallower than the point where the Titanic lies.