Discover Scuba Diving Disaster

Discover Scuba Diving in the Red Sea. Shot in november 2009. The Instructor is now suspended by PADI.

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• Discover
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• Diving
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• red
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• disaster

[Danbo342]

The so called "disaster" is the scuba tank being loose. I seriously doubt PADI suspended anyone over this. Seriously, give me a break, this happens more time than you can count. I've had it happen plenty with rental BC's and aluminum tanks with no covers.

For those that don't scuba. This happens because the straps should be wet first to allow them to stretch (tank strap). Newer BC's help this a lot as does tank sheaths.

[f64se]

@Danbo342

If you don't know how to secure a tank without a cover, maybe you should take a dive course (again?). About the suspension - send me a personal message and I'll send you his name and company so you could check with PADI in UK yourself.

[Danbo342]

@f64se

And also, when you deal with as many students as I DO, there are tons of things you may see but hardly think that means I myself have that issue. You would flunk right away from just your idiotic, smug attitude. Yet another person in the world that knows all, go figure. Learn to read, then learn to spell. As for me PM'ing you, why? Do you need me to PM you to get the ability to list the info? Can you not just click my name then message me? Should I teach you youtube & scuba? And manners?

[f64se]

@Danbo342 Calm down. What is the problem? I named a video on youtube wrong, or that I can't spell what?

The word disaster I got from the guy at PADI office I sent the video to, therefore I used that name on the net. If my spelling is bad or I express myself clumsy or rude, it could come from the fact that english is not my native language.

I didn't have to tell you to get a course. Sorry for that.

I tried to PM you the name of the instructor in the video...

[f64se]

@Danbo342

...instructor in the video but I got an error from Youtube. But since you are a instructor yourself you should be able to find the suspension of the guy without more info than his first name is Mansour and it was in Jordan. I don't want to write more in public. He is if, I am informed right, back in business again after his suspension.

Disaster or not. Do you think it is a good Discover SCUBA?

Again - sorry if I was more rude than you earned.

//Henrik

[dirtykittyme]

@f64se maybe cause he didn´t actually notice and fixed the problem? *shrug* I still think it was more that man fault, you ALWAYS have to check your equipment first.

[f64se]

@dirtykittyme I don't know if you you noticed that it is a Discover SCUBA. If you were a instructor you would know why this is a disaster. I can agree that there are different grades of disasters in the world, and this isn't one of the worst.

[nadia12398]

i dont get it, what was the disaster??

[moose55goomba]

That's not safe. I'm a certified diver of 12 and fixed a tank slip of my dads in 30 feet. That should have been tightened in BWRAF!!

[scubasausage]

Why doesnt the diver filming sort his tank out? how can he just sit there and film that?

[philip48381603]

As a qualified Scuba Diver myself, both my buddy and myself have never have had a slipped cylinder but have seen plenty. The cylinder Cam Band should be checked in the initial BWRAF check under the Releases or the Air check. As this is a Discover Scuba lesson, I guess the Instructor could see that there was "No Disaster" and rather drag the whole class out the water, and correct the Cam Band, decided to carry on...

[Chrisle6969]

Maybe not exactly a disaster....but it sure looks hilarious.....

[MiniMeiser]

I agree its the number of students that is a valid reasons for suspension, its clearly in the manual 4 DSD participants to 1 instructor, even that is too many if you are cautious.

[purist69]

@Graome "A disaster is a natural or man-made hazard that has come to fruition, resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life, or drastic change to the environment." What this guy made the students do to the reef seems to fit this definition of man-made disaster.

[Graome]

@f64se Dont label a video clip disaster if it's not a disaster! This will be flagged as misleading title!

[drmoynihan]

@sgl308 Actually with this discover scuba the ratio should be 1 instructor per 1 student. The instructor controls buoyancy of the student's BCD. Because this instructor had two many students he couldn't even correct the loose tank. This was indeed a disaster waiting to happen. I hope he was suspended and retrained.