Tragedy - diver dies at rotto after getting "bent"

Cannot believe there were three diving incidents over the weekend with the worst resulting in a fatality which according to news reports was as a result of the person getting bent ?  bent or an embolism through too fast an ascent ?

Either way my condolences to the relatives and for the divers on here please dive to the tables and watch ascent rates


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I had a friend on a dive

Mon, 2013-02-11 12:02

I had a friend on a dive charter boat which this diver got rushed over to by his friends where first aid was applied before he was airlifted to Freo. By accounts he ran out of air which was the cause of the rapid ascent. A real tragedy and condolences go out.

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 Not good

Mon, 2013-02-11 13:14

 Not good

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There were two other deaths

Mon, 2013-02-11 13:20

There were two other deaths over the weekend, interstate, as well as two other people put into the chamber for decompression in Perth alone.

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condolences to the families

Mon, 2013-02-11 17:19

safety people remember to do it with safty first and foremost

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 never good to lose a fellow

Mon, 2013-02-11 21:25

 never good to lose a fellow boater/water lover

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I was over there and seen the

Wed, 2013-02-13 17:13

I was over there and seen the dive charter roll up. Seen them working on him (CPR) etc. R.I.P

I went to Rotto to get away from what happend the weekend before. Tripple fatality at the front of our house. One of the first on the scene. Terrible and shocking

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Hopefully it's not a 'usually

Wed, 2013-02-13 17:59

Hopefully it's not a 'usually happens in three's' for you Marc.