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I'm sorry. You've lost me. Is the British team to which you refer the same as the team of the British/American team of AquaCorp No. 10 article? Who are the "official 1995 Lusitania Expedition? and what is the relationship between the two if they are different? I thought the B/A "team" were just a bunch of sport divers getting together to dive the Lusitania. What's the story? On Wed, 23 Aug 1995 ciaranb@io*.ie* wrote: > LUSITANIA MISHAP, Aug 21st.95. > > > The members of the official 1995 Lusitania Expedition would like to express > their sincere regret at the news of the accident which occurred during the > English teams return visit to this protected wreck. > > In particular we would commend Richard Tully, a research assistant at Brunel > University, for his astuteness in catching an oxygen toxicity hit in his > buddy, Jamie Power, the youngest member of the team, who works for British > Airways. Jamie is reported after his stint in the Irish Navy's pot and his > stay in Cork University Hospital to be in good form. > > As an aside, what would be the reaction of the various training agencies > involved in Tech. Diving, to the suggestion that his group, known as the > Starfish Enterprise, admit from their own publications, to leaving a trail > of accidents, such as ...death, spinal bends, oxygen fires and now an oxygen > toxicity hit, that the attention of the Health and Safety Executive (H.S.E.) > in the UK and the Health and Safety Authority (H.S.A.) in Ireland is now > looking more of a certainty. > > When the H.S.E./H.S.A. get involved the resulting effects will be as follows... > > (1) Some groups or organisations may go underground to avoid the stringent > regulations. > (2) The Tekies who got their honorary qualifications on the 'Grandfather > Clause' will have their certifications checked and this may leave some > agencies in a compromising position. > (3) The growth of our sport will be curtailed and advances in equipment and > techniques will have to be vetted by the H.S.E./H.S.A. with the infamous > jaundice eye. > > The members of Irish Technical Diving (I.T.D.) would also like to take this > public opportunity to reply to the recent publication of the challenge made > by Mr Lad Handelman, Oceaneering founder and two members of the > British/American 1994 Lusitania Team in aquaCORPS journal N.10 under Forum: > 'The 94 Lusitania Expedition, Seductive or Suicidal?' > > TO THE COMMERCIAL DIVING COMMUNITY > The remark by the American Tekie about putting 'a monkey in a hard hat rig > and put him down at the bottom of the ocean' is without exemption a > ridiculous remark which only serves to widen the gap between both of our > communities. > > TO MR. LAD HANDELMAN > The remark about skiing by the same Tekie, was uncalled for and somewhat > below the belt. The language used by the British Tekie to Mr Handelman was > offensive in the extreme. We have never seen or ever hope to see that sort > of language used in public again by any member of our community. > > The printed story about the Irish team's incident in 1994 has now gone from > the ridiculous to the sublime...It came as a surprise to all of us here to > learn that an alledged trip to D.D.R.C. was made, as the Irish chamber was > supposed to be 'Inadequate', despite the fact that we had a chamber operator > trained in mixed gas technology, which when called on worked perfectly. No > trip to the UK was deemed necessary. > > On a point of clarification to the misleading representations which are > typical of the uninformed, the average dive experience of the Irish Team was > twice that of the British team and all are senior active instructors, > several of whom worked for the National Diving Organisation's Technical > Commission. > > To spite representations to the contrary, the Irish Team's Technical diving > instructor conveyed and confirmed in writing 'The best of luck with the > Lusitania'. In the same vainness, contrary to what the uninformed would > have you believe, the hard fact of the matter was the Irish Divers training > and experience, coupled with a knowledgeable and well equipped surface > support team prevented an accident from becoming a fatal incident. > > Some of the aspiring Tekie pioneers have forgotten the old adage.. > > THERE ARE OLD DIVERS, THERE ARE BOLD DIVERS, BUT THERE ARE NO....... > > Des, Brendan and Eugene @ > I.T.D. Phone 353 1 8733044. Fax 353 1 8733969 > > ___ | > | |~~~| | > | |~~~|D | > | o . C|. :|D | > | . o . |: .|D | > | . |___| | > | \\|// || | > | |^ _| || | > | ( -_+ ) | | > | |_\ O / / __ __ __ | > | || \_/ / | | | | | | | > | ||____/ | | | | | | | > | ---`----- \-- ---| |-| |--| |-- | > | '-' |==| |==| |==| | > | > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. >
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