Diver lost - Rosalie Moller

[Davey_Willo]

Jesus that is awful!

There are a lot of twists and turns once you get all of the way down and into that engine room, wiped viz would make for a hell of time finding your way out..

[Stix]

I know this may be the wrong thing to suggest, but arent all divers that train for overhead environments taught to use lines / reels etc to cover just such this situation? Whilst we dont know the specific circumstances yet or the situation the divers found themsleves in, surely the guide / op should have known better...? I can appreciate the old proverb "familiarity breeds contempt" and that may have had a part in this but never the less, I would stop and think carefully about penetrating an unknown or unfamiliar wreck unless I was sure I could get out.

That said, and whilst my thoughts are with the family of the lost diver, I have to admire the courage (and stupidity?) of the DG to back to 40metres to search knowing he was risking his own neck and knowing (as he must) that his chance of emerging un-bent were non-existant....

[air-guzzler]

I recieved a phone call last week from a guy i know who told me (asked me is i was OK) or any of our team as he knew i was of to the red sea soon he did not know the details. but a freind of mine's the work collegues wife knows the poor man.
Apparently he had not dived in 2 years.

the one odd thing is why did they not use a line no matter how good a diver you our they where surely thats the first rule or wreck penetrations.

my thoughts are with the family of mr Costello at this sad time.

[deviousdan]

A real horror story...

[Baz]

I cannot imagine losing a buddy on a dive, the guilt and despair you must feel as a survivor regardless of who is at fault .

A sobering thought for a pleasure dive.

[Badknees]

Sad! very sad!. My thoughts go out to all those effected by this sad loss.

[Tom]

very sad, my thoughts are with this chaps family, hinsight is a great thing, hope the DG makes a good recovery. Tragic ![/i]

[vidiotic.]

Sad news indeed. Hats of to the DG though. Brave man.

[Davey_Willo]

Lets just hope that it wasn't the guide that led the divers down into the bowels of the wreck in the first place.. I've been all of the way in to the RM and its a very twisty and tight set of descending ladders and walkways until you finally reach the bottom.

It was very claustrophibic even for me and I'm trained in overhead, I was also breathing 21/35 trimix out of doubles so had a clear head and no eebyjeebies, I wouldn't of been happy on a single and air, even with a pony strapped to me, infact if truth be told, you wouldn't get me down there for money if that were the case.

The dive into the belly of the RM (although done daily by divers on single cylinders) should IMHO only be done with doubles, long hoses, a correct gas mix for that depth (read some He in there) and some form of penetration training with line, add a monster HID light or two.. especially if swimming off the ladders and around the corners into the engine room proper.. it's very dark, it's very tight, very disorientating, and it's very very silty.

[Bobco]

Very good point Dave, as it contains a number of begged questions. These incidents are tragic, the more so if people do not learn from them.