CG diver accident update

[Gary D.]

Something is fubared here.

The news just had another part of the investigation into the two CG divers that died last year. They reported the two were wearing 60+# of weight each.

That is almost ¾ the weight needed for a MK-5 rig. I just can’t believe they would even think about carrying that much. But it sounds like they did. :shakehead

If anybody finds the report could you please post it.

Gary D.

 

[Doc Intrepid]

This may be what you are looking for, Gary...

http://www.uscg.mil/ccs/cit/cim/foia/Healy/USCG HEALY.htm

 

[wardric]

This may be what you are looking for, Gary...

http://www.uscg.mil/ccs/cit/cim/foia/Healy/USCG HEALY.htm

Very interseting report Doc, especially the Final Action Memorandum of January 10, 2007

I'm surprised to hear about such mistakes from the USCG. From regular rec divers i'd understand but the USCG!!!

Sad story

 

[Gary D.]

Another double post. For some reason my new copmputer is doubling stuff every so often.

 

[Gary D.]

That’s it thanks Doc.

I printed it out and have GLANCED over it so far. The only question I have so far is; What in the world did they do right? This is about one of the biggest military diving fubars I have seen in a long time. The blind leading the blind.

The page right after the line pull page has a lot of info on the military's view of some equipment and how it's worn.

Gary D.

 

[rongoodman]

On page 11 it states that the weight figures include the weight of the tank, but doesn't say whether that refers to surface weight or buoyancy. It's confusing to say the least.

 

[Doc Intrepid]

I'm not sure what to think.

In the absence of more information, I guess I can't even construct an informed opinion.

I would like to believe that no diver who was not hard-hat/surface-supplied would be wearing 60 lbs of lead weight for any reason, but it is difficult to know exactly what those figures include or do not include.

Clearly a tragedy occurred for reasons that are likely as circumstantial as they are complex. Analyzing it, though, doesn't seem to ultimately yield the desired answers.

 

[rongoodman]

The other thing I can't understand is why the divers wouldn't hook up the LP hoses to their BCs.

 

[Jcsgt]

This just keeps getting better and better.

2 killed in dive were overloaded, probe finds

SEATTLE - Two Coast Guard divers killed in a botched Arctic training dive were loaded with too much weight and were assisted by untrained crew members who had been drinking beer, an official investigation has found.

The two divers, from the Seattle-based icebreaker Healy, plunged to about 200 feet - about 10 times deeper than intended - shortly after entering the 29-degree water on Aug. 17, 2006.

Coast Guard Lt. Jessica Hill, 31, of St. Augustine, Fla., and Boatswain's Mate Steven Duque, 22, of Miami, died in the accident, about 500 miles north of Alaska.

 

[wardric]

I do ice diving every year. When it's done properly, I think it can be even safer than summer diving with no overhead. I always tell my mother it's a safe activity. I hope she wont read this report :sigh:

seriously, according to the report, there are so many faults I dont know where to start.

Were the divers certified or with any experience?