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Rebreather dumbness

2010 Reader Submission
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On May 8 th , 2010, a fatal diving accident occurred in Øygarden, Norway. The diver was using a rebreather and he was found at 4 meters depth, close to the position where he had begun his decent. After the technical inspection of the unit and reviewing the log files from the unit, has established that the unit in question has functioned the way it is supposed to do, and that the accident was not caused by equipment error. The inspection of the unit showed no signs of technical errors or defects. 1. Facts During the analysis of the log files retrieved, from the day of the accident, the following facts have been established: - The battery used had insufficient power to pass a pre dive check. There were two predive start up attempts made, that both failed due to insufficient battery power. - The unit was started using the Emergency startup procedure, without a successful pre dive check, i.e. the unit has automatically gone in to Dive Mode, as the depth indicated by the on board depth gauge was greater then zero meters. - At this point, the unit starts all on board alarm systems; HUD light, Buddy light, vibrator and speaker alarm. - In spite of the alarms, the dive was not aborted. - During the dive, as long as there was power in the battery, the unit maintained a correct oxygen level in the breathing loop.

- Approximately 20 minutes in to the dive, at 4 meters depth, the battery runs out of power, shutting down the unit. - When shut down, the unit could no longer maintain the oxygen level in the loop.

Submitted on 08/21/2010

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: http://mkvi.poseidon.com/downloads/Accident_Report_IR-2010-05-31-1.pdf

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Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
All that ruckus, and they still insisted on diving!? What a MORON! Thanks, and submit again!

James said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
OK, this one is a WIN! Talk about an EPIC fail on the diver's part. He ignored the low battery and went diving anyway??? Remind me to ignore the missing wing on my airplane before I next go flying, and also remind me to ignore the holes in my parachute when I inevitably have to bail out...! Thanks!

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