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Michael,

On Wed, 11 Sep 200213, at 15:41 [GMT ] (17:41 11. september 3605 where I
live), you [M] wrote:
M> 3. Assuming the number of Halycon RB-80s sold is as small as I think
M> it is, Halycon now has the first 2 Places in number of diving
M> accidents per rebreather sold. Using statistics we should be able to
M> show that the inspiration is much safer!

When discussing rebreather accidents, one must distinguish between two
types:
- The accident occurs as a direct/indirect consequence of the rebreather
in question
- The accident _might_ just as well have been on OC.

From what I gather from the RB80 accident (and Michael, neither you nor
me know about how many _accidents_ there have been on the Inspiration,
so your claim of Halcyon having the largest number of accidents is just
plain ludicrous) it could just as well occurred on OC (the broken neck
seal). Furthermore it was an _accident_ as opposed to the numerous
Inspiration _deaths_.

The same of the Dennis Harding PVR-BASC death. That had nothing to do
with the rebreather itself.

Of course, we don't _know_ whether a lot of the Inspiration deaths were
due to the machine or not (directly/indirectly) - as most of the dead
divers were diving - solo, the mother of all fuck-ups.

-- 
<greeting> Best regards </greeting> 
<author> Peter Fjelsten </author>
<location> Århus C, Denmark </location>


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