Dive accidents - why so little information afterwards?

[chillyinCanada]

A book I read once or twice a year is "Diver Down" by Michael R. Ange.

 

[DIVING ZORRO]

If the accident happens in Mexico and the people involved or the injured are from a country other than Mexico, simple: there is noone to keep track of a legal process against the company who was given the service at the time, in other words $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ TALKS!

Hi, you'll have to pardon my ignorance on this, but why is it that we hear about dive accidents/fatalities through media or friends in the industry, but after the initial announcement, there is no real information out there? Wouldn't it make sense to let the dive community know the specifics of an accident and what happened so that we could learn from the mishap and hopefully prevent future incidents?

I don't understand why all the secrecy?

 

[DandyDon]

Exactly - my daughter died 5 years ago. It takes a long time to get the information and in our case, we filed a lawsuit so there was no talking about it until everything was settled. Bob Bailey and I wrote an article about my daughter's accident and I was able to get a modified version of it in Alert Diver. Please read the article and pass it on to dive shops/friends - http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/content/460-don-t-worry-will-ok.html. I recently traveled to Seattle to dive the site. Bob wrote about it - http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/basic-scuba-discussions/431653-meaningful-dive.html

There seems to be a glitch. Your link that should go to 460-don-t-worry-will-ok.html instead redirects to a 2001 thread http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/ask-dr-decompression/460-flying-diving.html

Bob's link title Jennifer was repaired to go to the correct article: http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/content/scuba-training_1/460-don-t-worry-will-ok.html