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08-30-13, 07:30 AM | #1 | |
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1973 Pisces III rescue
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23862359
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08-30-13, 09:22 AM | #2 |
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I would think it should be SOP to have full tanks before every mission.
If I were on that crew, I would insist on it.
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08-30-13, 09:27 AM | #3 |
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Luckily they did on this one, but you don't normally expect to be down for so long.
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08-30-13, 11:33 AM | #4 |
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Didn't know this story, there are a lot of these small stories from cold war subs that get glossed over by the big events.
Thanks for sharing. Well these guys were working for a commercial interest and not the Navy so I'm not surprised there would be someone trying to pinch a penny on O2 tanks. |
08-30-13, 11:38 AM | #5 |
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Was reading the BBC website on this just ten minutes ago....must have been nerve wracking.
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08-30-13, 01:27 PM | #6 |
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We used to have similar discussions when I was a scuba diver. I always dived with a full tank, despite the additional costs. Many other divers didn't.
My rational was that I wanted as much of the gas that would prevent me from dying on me for every dive. And that was for a paltry depth of recreational diving of 130 feet. But it was a good point about expense. Filling the tanks for the type of air replenishment system used in the submersible does have a significant cost. O2 ain't air.
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