Kudos to Curt Bowen from Advanced Diver Magazine for taking time to document the worst case scenario of catastrophic gas loss underwater. His article tests different complete gas failures cause by low and high pressure hose ruptures and burst disk failure. He and his team quantified the amount of time it takes to completely dump a scuba tank. The “Life Ending Seconds” video and article remind us how important it is to plan conservatively and rehearse valve shutdown drills.

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Author Jill Heinerth

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