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padiscubapro

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

We have just received the following report from a very reliable source close to John Bennett.

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I'm sorry to say, that as of 12.45 Monday the 15th, while doing a salvage dive, John Bennett went missing.

His buddy on the dive said they were both at 45m on top of the ship, water temp 7c visibility one to two meters no current. The were on a 29% helium mix , bottom time 20 minutes total time 73 minutes to the surface

His buddy noticed some unusual behavior rom John and gave John the OK sign, to which John returned the OK.

Again his buddy noticed John was acting differently and gave John the up sign. John returned the up sign, so he buddy proceeded to the up line and then noticed John wasn't behind him. Going back to find John and seeing no sign of him, the buddy went back to the shot line and noticed bubbles. Thinking that John was there, the buddy proceeded to ascend. At his deco stop, the buddy noticed bubbles ascending past him, but then the bubbles stopped. When the buddy got out the water, he informed the leader of the job what had happened. Searching the surface, they spotted some bubbles a distance from the boat. The assumption was that John had lost the line until a few minutes later when the bubbles stopped. When John did not surface, anoter diver proceeded to do a twenty minute search, but there was no sign of John. A surface search was then performed for hours, but still no sign of John Bennett.
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Further information will be released as received and an official statement will be issued soon.
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

We have just received the following report from a very reliable source close to John Bennett (best known for his 308 meter dive on open circuit scuba).

I'm sorry to say, that as of 12.45 Monday the 15th, while doing a salvage dive, John Bennett went missing.

His buddy on the dive said they were both at 45m on top of the ship, water temp 7c visibility one to two meters no current. They were on a 29% helium mix, bottom time 20 minutes total time 73 minutes to the surface

His buddy noticed some unusual behavior from John and gave John the OK sign, to which John returned the OK.

Again his buddy noticed John was acting differently and gave John the up sign. John returned the up sign, so the buddy proceeded to the up line and then noticed John wasn't behind him. Going back to find John and seeing no sign of him, the buddy went back to the shot line and noticed bubbles. Thinking that John was there, the buddy proceeded to ascend. At his deco stop, the buddy noticed bubbles ascending past him, but then the bubbles stopped. When the buddy got out the water, he informed the leader of the job what had happened. Searching the surface, they spotted some bubbles a distance from the boat. The assumption was that John had lost the line until a few minutes later when the bubbles stopped. When John did not surface, another diver proceeded to do a twenty minute search, but there was no sign of John. A surface search was then performed for hours, but still no sign of John Bennett.

Further information will be released as received and an official statement will be issued soon.
 
abysmal:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

We have just received the following report from a very reliable source close to John Bennett (best known for his 308 meter dive on open circuit scuba).



Further information will be released as received and an official statement will be issued soon.


Bloody hell. I'm speechless.

There is a discussion going on in another thread about the need to escort a diver having problems...... Clearly it doesn't only apply to beginners.

My condolences.

R..
 
Yes that's him

Very sad news indeed

I met him last year at the Dive Expo in Sydney. Great Guy, very knowledgeable about technical diving.

My condolences to his family
 
To padiscubapro,

Do you know what website you saw this report in?

I have e-mailed Ron Loos over at Atlantis-Tech to confirm said report and I want to check the website itself.
 
http://www.diveoz.com.au/discussion_forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6024

http://thedecostop.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5848

Details are still very sketchy, hopefully we can avoid a lot of speculation about what happened and wait for harder information.

This is a tough time for his family and for the larger dive community - he's one of the giants.

erwin:
To padiscubapro,

Do you know what website you saw this report in?

I have e-mailed Ron Loos over at Atlantis-Tech to confirm said report and I want to check the website itself.
 
as a newbie in diving i'm trying to read everything i can. his name is one of the references i have in my new passion.

my condolences to his family
 
My thoughts, prayers and condolences go out to his family and friends.
 
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