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Richard,

Is it true that Divers Supply has copied a known dangerous system of
bouyancy comepensation?

I certainly hope that these people were not that foolish. Are they not
aware of the list of several fatalities in which bondage wings have been
implicated? 

It is true that the victims were grossly overweighted and that they
apparently had not considered the compression of their wet suits due to
the exteme depth. They did; however, believe the manufacturers claims
regrading the supposed lift characteristics of these wings.  These lift
specs are invalid if the "bungees" restrict the proper inflation of the
bag. This sad fact has been demonstrated tragically more than once.

What we may have here is another "Ford Pinto" a la OMS.  If the victims
are ever recovered attorneys for the plaintiffs will test these wings to
see just what lift they actually were capable of in the coniditions of
the accident.



richard todd wrote:
> 
>    i just got off the phone with a friend who works for the divers supply in
> atlanta and he told me the coverup is because the student was diving a brand
> new set of the sea elite super wings.guess who makes sea elite super
> wings?apparently the students wings failed causing the tripple homicide.this
> is verified by the story put out by the 29 year veterin of diving who went
> through 190ft3 of gas in 15 minutes at 250'.
>    one other point georgie missed was that the "experienced technical diver"
> student was obviously not an experienced technical diver or he wouldnt have
> fallen for the bungee wings (sea elite at that),and he would have known not
> to do a drift dive 90 minutes before sunset,and he would have known when to
> take the day off after having serious physical impairments the day
> before.technical diving means using your head,these guys obviously aren't
> technical divers. - dick
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