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At 09:20 PM 4/18/96 -0400, you wrote: >Carlos- > >You wrote "Okay, call me stupid. There must be a good reason not to carry >full tanks in an airplane, >A blown tank might cause an accident. But that's what rupture discs are >supposed to prevent, right?" > Ask Steve Gerrard if tanks ever fail w/o blowing the rupture disc.Not to mention the fact that many divers,especially cave divers double disc or even plug the rupture disc.Tanks fail for a variety of reasons,usually involving misuse or abuse,granted,but the airlines have no way of knowing the exact condition of that tank.A vip is useless in many cases,as is a hydro stamp.The airlines will not take a chance on the lives of several hundred people to save some diver the price of an air fill.If they're empty,by all means,pack them wherever you want,but if theyre full,pack em where the sun dont shine. John L. Dunk o Tallahassee,Fl. o screwloose@ne*.co* ______o_________
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