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Start wtih steel tanks, steel stages, thin wetsuits. joe c wrote: > > For all those interested, I just got off the phone with someone from > that area who was privy to some THIRD HAND INFORMATION. This may or may > not be accurate. > > It seems that the four divers entered the water. The student reached > the bottom and realized he was not able to lift himself by inflating his > bc/wings or whatever he was using. The instructor and the third > (missing) diver attempted to raise the student off the bottom while the > fourth (surviving) diver watched. They were able to get him about 20' > off the bottom and the three sank back down. On a second attempt, they > were able to attain approximately 40' off the bottom and again sank > down. > > At this time the fourth (surviving) diver began his ascent and the left > the three on the bottom. Whether he was low on air I was not told. > > While I'm sure that there is probably much more to this story than this, > we need to scrutinize EXACTLY what transpired so as to prevent a > reoccurrance of this scenario in the future. Specifically, we need to > determine if the gear was defective, inadequate or improperly used. Was > the instructors methodology adequate or lacking? Did the student have > the necessary experience to engage in this level of training? > > While I offer my sincere heartfelt condolences to the beareaved, I also > want to know what went wrong and why. > > Joe Citelli > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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