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Manos Manoli<br>
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Trey wrote:<br>
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Does anyone have the "count" for the "Inspiration" at this point? Getting
a little out of hand.....</span></font></div>
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<b>From:</b><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 07, 2001 8:02
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<b>To:</b><b>Subject:</b> FYI - another one bites the dust<br>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">List,</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">This message has been send to me
by a divingschool in the south of France:</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><em>2001 seems to become the
year
of the rebreather fatalities. After several<br>
reported accidents in a number of European countries and the USA,<br>
yesterday (Tuesday) a rebreather diver died in the South of
France.<br>
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In the local newspapers, Jean-Pierre Joncheray (a specialist on
French<br>
wrecks) is commenting that Bernard Gonon was a serious and
thoughtful<br>
diver. When reading the report, you might however get another
impression.<br>
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The 55 year old Bernard Gonon and his 30 year old buddy were making
a dive<br>
on a wreck at a depth of more than 100 meters. They went there without
any<br>
surface support - just a Zodiac inflatable boat and 2 divers. There
was no<br>
line or system for making decompression stops, other than the anker
line<br>
from the boat.<br>
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A sailing boat spotted the dead diver at the surface. When the
rescue<br>
helicopter arrived, resuscitation efforts were unfortunately not<br>
succesful. They found the zodiac and only when a Navy vessel wanted
to<br>
take the boat with them, a second diver was noticed who was doing<br>
decompression stops at the anker line. The diver surfaced an hour
later to<br>
be taken to hospital in a state of shock. Bernard Gonon had already
been<br>
rescued by the Navy on October 5 this year at the same location, after
an<br>
equipment incident on a dive at the same depth.<br>
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From the pictures, the rebreather used seems to be an "inspiration"
(the<br>
former Buddy Inspiration). An extremely high percentage of accidents
in<br>
Europe involve the use of this rebreather and it is understandable
that<br>
buddy discontinued this product.</em></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Although I did not
know Bernard
Gonon I want to offer my condolances to his family and
friends.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">My question to the list is if
there's
something else known about the accident?</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Further I would like to add the
I was troubled about the last paragraph from this
message.</font></div>
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