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At 08:01 PM 21/07/1998 -0700, Barbara Peterson wrote: >You say this, but we shouldn't take this on faith. Can you, or Bill >NAME THE NAMES? Give the facts for each death? Babs, Every now and again someone pops up on these lists, having missed it all, and DEMANDS an instant reprise of the horror we have watched unfold over the last few years. Since you seem to lack the initiative to consult the archives for yourself, here, from my files, are the NAMES and the facts for twelve of the deaths, as you demanded. If you want the ENTIRE list then you and your cheerleader Jerry Nuss can stir yourselves and get the information from the archives first hand. You will note a number of trimix instructors are involved in these tradgedies, all of whom should have known better and who, together, are responsible for the diving practices and habits of perhaps thousands of technical and mix divers who were once their students. It is interesting to speculate on what poisonous habits and attitudes they may have seeded out there. We will reap the harvest of their handiwork over the next couple of years. rgds billyw -------------------------------------------------------- HENNIE PRETORIUS Fatal accident following a sea dive, on a reef, using Trimix to a depth of 106 metres (348 feet) with a bottom time of 12 minutes. Hennie Pretorius died while participating on a TDI Trimix Instructor course. Besides the course director, there was also one Technical Instructor. -------------------------------------------------------- DOUG MISSAVAGE Douglas Missavage - student taking TDI extended range course, died deep on air. -------------------------------------------------------- ROB PALMER Rob was involved in a TDI conference/workshop session out in the Red Sea. He died on a deep air dive in the Red Sea. he was a TDI instructor, member of the TDI board of directors, and director for TDI europe. -------------------------------------------------------- ROB PARKER Parker died on a dive in the Bahamas. He was a TDI instructor, diving with a TDI instructor, diving with a TDI facility. Mix dive on twin independents, one of gas, one of air. -------------------------------------------------------- DENIS SIRVET A French diver, Denis Sirvet, disappeared during a cave dive at 110 meters. He was in charge of a TDI school (Delphi) near Bordeaux and was a regular contributor to the French diving Newsgroup. Dennis Sirven - died on a deep dive after smoking marijuana, as confirmed by autopsy, was a TDI instructor and franchise holder for TDI france. One of air, one of light mix, head full of THC. -------------------------------------------------------- REHAN BOUWER Rehan was a TDI instructor trainer and Training Director of CMAS - ISA, died on Friday 26th June 1998 while carrying out a deep trimix dive during the Wright Canyon Expedition. Dived with a known faulty second stage and no isolator on his manifold. -------------------------------------------------------- ANDRE B. SMITH, JOHN CLAYPOOL, MIKE ELKINS IANTD instructor Andre B. Smith lost student John S. Claypool on a trimix course dive through bondage wings, steel cylinders, student couldn't make ascent. Michael J. Elkins joined in rescue and died too. Instructor recommended equipment. Instructor Failure. -------------------------------------------------------- JANE ORNSTEIN Died on IANTD Trimix course Multiple equipment problems - equipment recommended by instructor. Then, when in trouble, she sufferd a Total Instructor Failure. -------------------------------------------------------- TWO FRESH ONES IN SINGAPORE For the ill-fated trip, the dive boat was chartered to a TDI outfit. Phil had completed a TDI basic nitrox course and signed up for a TDI advanced nitrox course. As reported, Soo Leng had only completed a classroom lesson in a TDI basic nitrox course. Phil was diving air on independent doubles (strapped onto a Zeagle BC). Soo Leng was using air on a single tank. Phil > and Soo Leng were last seen at 80 metres by Soo Leng's sister Phil obviously got the message from his basic nitrox course that air beyond 80 metres was just fine. -------------------------------------------------------- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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