>Andy M Johnson wrote:

>> Was the diver blind, deaf, stupid or a combination of all three ? Or did
I
>> just misread this (always possible). Did he really surface under the
boat
>> or was he surfacing when the boat hit him ?

>Aquanuts frequently does "hot drops" over dive sites where there is
current
>running.  Divers assemble in groups of four on the swim platform and giant
>stride together on the divemaster's cue as the boat passes close by the
>mooring buoy.  Divers are supposed to grab the buoy line and descend,
before
>the current carries them past the buoy line.

>If I remember this particular incident, the injured diver had an equipment
>problem while descending and he re-surfaced as the boat was coming by for
the
>next hot drop.  He and the prop made contact.  Fortunately (?) the props
were
>at dead slow at the time, else the consequences could have been severe.

>-Dave safe [\],
>-Dave

Aha, as I expected, he was an accident waiting to happen - the 'operator'
was irrelevant.



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