air bag incident

Found this video on a lifting operation turned to s***e. From what I could see the divers were on 115 meters and the bag stopped at 83 meters. Hopefully there are some portugese speaking divers who would like to translate.

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Permalink Reply by A.. Parnell on January 1, 2011 at 11:00am
Eric thanks for sharing a very good safety reminder this could have been prevented had they first attached a safety strap at the top of bag to pipeline. Lets see they were working in over 300' of water-man that diver was lucky to escape that one as that would have been his last ride to the surface.
Permalink Reply by Erik Golub on January 1, 2011 at 11:20am
Again, it seems as if he went up 30 meters or so and since they are in sat I wonder how this might affect the diver and the wh*** operation. I think he stopped ascending because there wasn't any more umbilical going out from the bell but if it had been an air dive, well...
Permalink Reply by Kirby on January 1, 2011 at 10:47pm

Eric, the correct comment should be: I found this video on http://longstreath.com/community/

Permalink Reply by Erik Golub on January 2, 2011 at 3:25am

I found the video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWB9eStgXHw

Have I done sth. wrong by posting it?

Permalink Reply by Kirby on January 2, 2011 at 6:25am
Absolutely not, sorry my mistake then Eric.
Permalink Reply by A.. Parnell on January 2, 2011 at 10:00am
Yea Dale its no fun when a pile burys your hose in the mud and there you are.
Permalink Reply by Fred C. Johnson on January 2, 2011 at 10:18am

SHARP KNIFE

Permalink Reply by Fred C. Johnson on January 2, 2011 at 6:58pm

Dale, I use to have a Navy 45 cal.Stainless Steel cable cutter that would cut through 1 inch steel cable in one shot, but it weighed 20lbs.

had a cable cutter on my one atmosphere suit it work by turning a wheel in the suit.

I have had a concrete pile lay over on my dive hose and I had to cut it to get to the surface. serratted knife blade cut it all.

Side cutter pliers will cut TV,Comms and nylon rope. always carried HD linesmen side cutters for fish line,hooks and pull out stuck burning rod stubs.

Permalink Reply by Shannon Gould on January 8, 2011 at 5:31am

I like this shear idea would it be like a cigar cutter on steroids?

Permalink Reply by Skylar on January 2, 2011 at 9:24pm

pretty sure the fact that the umbilical didnt fail was the only reason he lived.

 

and 9 times out of 10 you want your umbilical intact whether your pinned by it or not. your stuck- but at least you have air and comms.

Permalink Reply by Erik Golub on January 9, 2011 at 12:36pm
I don't have much experience so my opinion doesn't count for much but I think your idea makes sense Dale.
Permalink Reply by stuart anderson on January 9, 2011 at 12:58pm
I'm not seeing the relation to an uncontrolled lift bag in sat. If his umbilical failed while he was stuck to 2 tons of lift he would have been dead before he could say deco. If we're talking in general, in a surface oriented dive, and your compressor s***s itself while you're fouled, then wouldn't your backup supply be enough until the standby gets to you.(with bolt crops if necessary)?
I think we have a good example of two opposing systems of diving, coming from two different directions. You may want to be the master of your own destiny, but there's the other way, which is valuing the 'team'

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