With all the technology of today, I figure there must be a way to communicate even over the ocean.
I wouldn’t know... I’ve never flown over the ocean and don’t plan to.
There is: RADIO. Planes carry them too.
There is such a technology, and it’s called ‘satellite phones’. The odds of one person on board having one out of 200 passengers is slim, but if someone flies a lot there might be one.