This is also in relation to other thread about dumping weights.
This accident happened a week ago in Poland.
3 guys - CMAS P*** and two P** were diving in the deepest lake in Poland (it goes more than 100 meters deep).
The possible reconstruction of what happened. First P** had some problems and decided to abort the dive. Two others continued diving. Probably they didn't kept the planned depth (20 meters) - this is a very interesting wall and a lot of things to be seen deeper. In one moment P*** can't add air to his dry suit. Because he was overweighted - 10 kilos and was diving with the doubles - they started to fall deeper. P*** took the inflator and tried to inflate the wing. Inflator didn't work. Together with P** they were still falling down. It's darker and darker. P*** got to the P** and used P** inflator to inflate the P**'s wing to stop falling. P*** didn't do it in the best way and P** goes up rapidly to the surface. P*** falls down. So he tried his last chance - getting rid of the weight belt. But the belt blocked on the crotch strap. So he tried to use his fins to go up. Breathing heavily he frozen the regulator. The body of P*** was found a day later on the depth of 43 meters. The inflator hose was not connected. After reconnecting it was impossible to inflate neither the dry suit nor the wing.
P** survived the ascend without any consequences.
I remember couple of days ago some of you couldn't see any situation in which dumping weights underwater could save live.
In this case it could.
P*** was 26 years old.
Mania
This accident happened a week ago in Poland.
3 guys - CMAS P*** and two P** were diving in the deepest lake in Poland (it goes more than 100 meters deep).
The possible reconstruction of what happened. First P** had some problems and decided to abort the dive. Two others continued diving. Probably they didn't kept the planned depth (20 meters) - this is a very interesting wall and a lot of things to be seen deeper. In one moment P*** can't add air to his dry suit. Because he was overweighted - 10 kilos and was diving with the doubles - they started to fall deeper. P*** took the inflator and tried to inflate the wing. Inflator didn't work. Together with P** they were still falling down. It's darker and darker. P*** got to the P** and used P** inflator to inflate the P**'s wing to stop falling. P*** didn't do it in the best way and P** goes up rapidly to the surface. P*** falls down. So he tried his last chance - getting rid of the weight belt. But the belt blocked on the crotch strap. So he tried to use his fins to go up. Breathing heavily he frozen the regulator. The body of P*** was found a day later on the depth of 43 meters. The inflator hose was not connected. After reconnecting it was impossible to inflate neither the dry suit nor the wing.
P** survived the ascend without any consequences.
I remember couple of days ago some of you couldn't see any situation in which dumping weights underwater could save live.
In this case it could.
P*** was 26 years old.
Mania