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On Monday, January 19, 1998 7:28 PM, Bill (aquadart) Bott
[SMTP:aquadart@ix*.ne*.co*] wrote:
[snip]
> Therefore,
> the dive was NOT "in compliance with IANTD (International Association
> Nitrox and Technical Divers) standards". And the "facts" presented in
the
> "press release" are FALSE!!! The gas choice for this profile is suspect
at
> best.
[snip]
> What we know for fact from this incident (note: I don't call it an
> accident. That is yet to be determined.) is that:
> 2) Buoyancy problems due to lack of redundancy IS a contributing factor
This got me thinking, so I whipped out the old IANTD Standards & Procedures
Manual, and checked up on the standards for the Trimix class, and lookie
what I found:
E. EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS
2. A primary BC and a backup BC are recommended. If dry suits are
used the dry suit may be considered the back up.
That came from page 55 of the June 15, 1995 edition of the IANTD Standards
and Procedures Manual.
OK, so it only says _recommended_. Odd. Well, here is another point where
standards were violated. Happy diving...
Andrew
andrew@ce*.co*.jp*
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