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The wreck sits in 250 fsw, usually the dead folks get lost inside
and run out of air as the wreck is mostly intact and on her
side so it disorients people.
We don't recommend it as a training ground because of
the distance from shore, the currents, the sharks, and the
fact that students should have more controlled environments
to learn in - you want to teach, not kill.
As for regulators, the Northeast US is not well known for
diving fatalities (not like Florida or UK (I guess)). Most people
that progress as far as deep diving get harassed for
bad gear and practices or we even stop them outright.
But of course, as elsewhere, economic factors are driving
some shops to certify anyone, and it's even catching on
up here.
But what do I know?
Mark Welzel
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From: LOADER
To: STRATTON
Subject: Andrea Doria (sp)
Date: Thursday, August 24, 1995 4:46PM
MCI Mail date/time: Wed Aug 23, 1995 9:30 am EST
Source date/time: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 12:30:15 +0100
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Good morning America...
Assuming I have spelt the name correctly, can someone please tell me
why it is that this wreck has claimed so many lives?
Obviously I've never dived it, but my understanding is that it sits at
150'ish, is this true?
While that is deep, it's not THAT deep given the number of deaths.
Viz and water temp would seem to be reasonable (in UK terms!) so what is
it that catches people out on such a regular basis?
I assume that it's a training ground for deep air and mix diving, do
these students account for most of the deaths?
Sixty is one hell of a big number, why hasn't some regulator made it
illegal?
Peter.....
<PETER.LOADER@BB*.AC*.UK*>
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