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Old 26th Feb 2021, 14:23
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Originally Posted by EDLB
At 16m you can dive with Nitrox40 (oxygen enriched breathing air with less nitrogen) and the ground times will be mainly limited by fatigue and body heat loss. So it will be more the water surface conditions and temperatures which will determine the possible dive times.
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The 2021.02.15 briefing that included remarks about new provisions for a diving chamber and ambulances (#610) prompted me to wonder whether these were proactive or reactive measures to address dive team needs.

Originally Posted by EDLB
Since the small CVR unit can be deep in the mud, it can take a long time until they find it. They might at some time change to the typical gold miners solution with water and dirt pumps and separation on the surface.
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I asked earlier (#606) about contingencies for locating the CVR memory module when the ULB has been dislodged from the prominent external mounting brackets on the CSMU. There were no replies.

So close, yet ...

Edit: #606, not #667 re question about contingencies for locating CVR memory module.

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