I agree that this dive was not handled well. I know folks snapping pics may get wrapped up in what they are doing, but you have crew members that are on the dive to watch for that type of thing. A sad ending to the life of a wonderful man.
Ii see several things that went wrong with this dive... I've never done an intentional shark dive but have done plenty of dives where we knew there was a high possibility of sharks and you take precautions. Petty was not a new diver. I have a hard time believing the current just carried him off. Usually on a dive boat you have two divers employed by the company. One leads the dive and the other follows. You go to the bottom as a group. They lost a guy in the first 10 minutes of the dive. Maybe he did get separated and sucked down his air or maybe it was a shark. I think poor planning on the dive crew was a problem.
Mtesaw says...
I agree that this dive was not handled well. I know folks snapping pics may get wrapped up in what they are doing, but you have crew members that are on the dive to watch for that type of thing. A sad ending to the life of a wonderful man.
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Mtesaw says...
Ii see several things that went wrong with this dive... I've never done an intentional shark dive but have done plenty of dives where we knew there was a high possibility of sharks and you take precautions. Petty was not a new diver. I have a hard time believing the current just carried him off. Usually on a dive boat you have two divers employed by the company. One leads the dive and the other follows. You go to the bottom as a group. They lost a guy in the first 10 minutes of the dive. Maybe he did get separated and sucked down his air or maybe it was a shark. I think poor planning on the dive crew was a problem.
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