That time my comms went dead at 90 feet on the Lake Michigan pipeline job

I was doing an inspection on a section near Gary, Indiana, and my surface line just went silent. I had about 15 minutes of air left on my bottle, so I went to the standard hand signals with my tender, Mike, and we got me up in a slow, controlled ascent. It turned out a connection on the boat had corroded through. Anyone have a better method for checking those deck-side fittings before a dive?

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reed.eva11d ago

That "slow, controlled ascent" is key. Did you have a pre-agreed backup signal plan with Mike for a total comms loss, or was it all just standard hand signals?

uma30612d ago

Fifteen minutes of air left and you just went to hand signals? That’s some serious calm under pressure.