MILANO wreck on CCR

[Mario]

Hi guys, here for you a press release!
Mario

World Record Dive

On May 19th Alessandro Scuotto (Italy), Mario Marconi (Italy) and Pim van der Horst (The Netherlands) accomplished a World Record Dive in Lake Maggiore (Italy) during the Dynamic Dive Exhibition, which was held from 9 until 11 May at Lake Maggiore (www.ddexhibition.org). DDE is organized by Marco Braga (president of the Pure Tech Agency PTA).

The dive was a (team) dive to the wreck of the Milano 236 mtrs deep (241 mtrs when compensated for the altitude of Lake Maggiore).

The deep divers used Ouroboros Closed Circuit Rebreathers. The logistics and security of the dive were in the hands of Fabio Manganelli (Dive Marshall) and consisted of organizing and coordinating the medical facilities, surface support, in water support (from 90 mtrs and up) and logistics. In total over 60 people assisted in making this extraordinary dive a success.

The last stage of the decompression was done in a diving bell.

The major physical risks of this dive were hypothermia (because of the very low temperature of the water), oxygen toxicity (because of the high partial pressure of oxygen), hypercapnia (because of the use of rebreathers), high pressure nervous syndrome (because of the depth of the dive and the use of helium), and decompression sickness (because of the depth and duration of the dive). Other risks comprise equipment failure, loss of gasses and loss of ascent line.
All those risks have been covered in the Standard Operating Procedures.

The total runtime of the dive was almost 8 hours, of which 4.5 hours in the bell. The time on the wreck was only 3-4 minutes. During the dive the deep divers were “accompanied” by a remote operated vehicle (ROV) from the Italian fire department. The ROV lightened the wreck and took footage of the deep divers in action. The deep divers also had video equipment with them.

The dive had a large media exposure from Italy, Russia, VS and South-Africa (television, press).

A list of official record dives can be found on: Tehnical diving

Videos of the preparation and execution of the dive can be found on: http://www.ddexhibition.org/During_DDE.html

Team objectives
• Obtaining video footage of the wreck using human cameramen
• Working as an International closed circuit rebreather Team taking advantage of the experience of some of the most famous, expert extreme rebreather divers active these days in the world
• Making a “record dive” on a wreck in open water. The maximum depth reached by divers in a similar environment has been 205 meters of water

The Wreck
The wreck is a civilian WWII passenger vessel named “Milano” sunk after being attacked by three allied aircraft on September 26, 1944. The ship was travelling along the lake transporting several passengers and military personnel; there were many casualties as a consequence of the attack. The wreck has been discovered by an Italian Fireman diving unit during a training session using a remote operated vehicle aka ROV. “Milano” vessel is approximately 50 meters long and 15meters wide. She is now divided in two sections lying 20 meters apart. One section lies in approximately 230/235 meters of water on an almost flat and muddy bed and the other in 215/220 meters on a slightly sloping bottom. ROV images show a very good visibility although the extreme depth and muddy bottom and the quite good condition of the wreck. One can find some images (taken a few months before the dive) from the ROV on

guerra mondiale - - rassegna video

and

VCOazzurraTV - La tragedia del Battello Milano. - L' alluvione a Crodo 20 anni dopo.
go to the link "vedi la puntata 82"

[Twinset & Wing]

Bloody hell




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They had it right using a boris though