Diver Who Says He Was Trapped Inside Whale Also Survived Plane Crash That Killed 3

Michael Packard says he found himselffloating inside the mouth of a humpback whale— and it wasn’t the first time he’d faced a brush with death. Packard, 56, made headlines this week with his story of surviving a once-in-a-lifetime whale encounter off the coast of Cape Cod — a lucky break that came 20 years after he survived a deadly plane crash in Costa Rica. The father of two touched on the incident in a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” Q&A session on Saturday, explaining that he’d been “flung out of the plane before it even hit the ground.

DivergentAuthor Recalls Time When Kate Winslet's Son Asked 'Why'd You Kill My Mom?' on Set (Exclusive)

Kate Winslet in “Insurgent” (2015).Photo:Andrew Cooper/Summit Entertainment/courtesy Everett Collection Andrew Cooper/Summit Entertainment/courtesy Everett Collection Kate Winslet’s son went directly to the source when curious about his mom’sDivergentfate. Veronica Roth, the author behind the books that inspired the films, tells PEOPLE that, while visiting the set once,Winslet’s son Joe, now 19, asked her about killing off Jeanine in the second installment,Insurgent. “The best thing that happened was probably when her son was on set and he came up to me and he said, ‘Why did you kill my mom?

DivergentAuthor Says Film Franchise 'Feels Complete to Me' Despite Final Movie Never Getting Made (Exclusive)

Shailene Woodley in “Allegiant” (2016).Photo:Murray Close/Summit Entertainment/courtesy Everett Collection Murray Close/Summit Entertainment/courtesy Everett Collection Roth tells PEOPLE she’s okay with how the film franchise concluded. “I mean, breaking things in two was all the rage at the time. That was why that decision was made,” says Roth, 35. “But at that point, I think I always felt peace about it just because I knew the movies were taking a different track than the books, and if you change the lead up, you change the ending.

Divers Found Nearly 50 Miles from N.C. Coast Recall 'Incredible' Rescue: 'I Shouldn’t Even Be Here'

Rescued divers reuniting with family.Photo:USCG Mid-Atlantic/Twitter USCG Mid-Atlantic/Twitter Two of the four divers who wererescued dozens of miles off the coast of North Carolinaearlier this week are speaking out about the ordeal. Ben Wiggins, 64, Daniel Williams, 46, Luke Lodge, 26, and Evan Williams, 16, were rescued early Monday morning after they went missingwhile divingmore than 60 miles off the coast of Myrtle Beach, S.C., according toNBC affiliate WRALandThe Post and Courier.

Divers Plan to Recover 3,000-Year-Old, Hand-Sewn Ship in the Mediterranean Sea Next Month

Zambratija Vessel.Photo:Philippe Groscaux/Mission Adriboats/CNRS/CCJDivers are hoping to recover a 3,000-year-old, hand-sewn ship from the floor of the Mediterranean Sea early next month.Known as theZambratija, the vessel is the oldest known example of a fully sewn boat, dating back to “a period between the last quarter of the 12th century B.C.,”according to the Camille Jullian Center, a Croatian research organization involved in the project alongside the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS).