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Greg- From what I inferred from the report, the Navy was using them to investigate small sonar "hits". Navy would zero in on something, drop a shot line on it. Then these guys would go down and catalog what they found. Some targets were as small as a cup. It appeared that these guys had no basic OW safety gear, such as a reel & lift bag or redundant equipment. And with 4 or 6 divers on a boat, and using their profiles, they would only be able to check out 2 or 3 sites a day. I did not see MOD labels anywhere, so I assume they were using air. I am surprised that the NTSB is not using any volunteer experienced wreckers to do these dives. Using a rotating set of 6 wreckers breathing nitrox, you could quadruple the number of sites. On a selfish note, I sure would like to know what they found down there other than flight 800. This must be the most detailed study of a chunk of divable ocean floor ever done. Wonder if any new wrecks were discovered? How bout it, Ramio, you getting the inside scoop, or what? >>Jim I just read Raimo's post and I would have to partially agree with him i >work as a public safety diver and although I do not know what the training, >equipment and experiance is of the NY public Safety divers that were >involved with this I will say that there are scant few if any that would be >able to handle an operation such as this. The conditions at the scene are >vvery hostile and I dare say are probably best left to the Navy in this >case. I will add that on the initial respose it may very well have been >apropriate for the divers to make those types of dives to determine if it is >a rescue vs. a recovery. The team I am with is probably the busiest >non-paid (volunteer) team in the country and a long term deep operation such >as this would be out of our capabilities. Please remember that who ever did >the story, I missed it but would like to see it if anyone has it on tape, >had an idea of what they wanted to prove long before any interviews or >"investigative" reporting ever took place. > >Greg
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