[Jonnyb75]

Originally Posted by Legalscatboy ↗

Didn't leave much for the fishes.

Youre right but I bet the gulls had a feast. Grim.

[Berserk]

A bit more background:

Just prior to the event, decompression chambers 1 and 2 (along with a third chamber which was not in use at the time) were connected via a trunk to a diving bell. The connection made by the trunk was kept sealed by a clamp operated by Crammond and Saunders, who were experienced divers. Coward and Lucas were resting in chamber 2 at a pressure of 9 atm. The diving bell with Bergersen and Hellevik had just been winched up after a dive and joined to the trunk. Leaving their wet equipment in the trunk, the two divers climbed through the trunk into chamber

The normal procedure would have been:

Close the diving bell door, which would have been open to the trunk.
Slightly increase the pressure in the diving bell to seal the bell door tightly.
Close the chamber 1 door, which was also open to the trunk.
Slowly depressurize the trunk until it reached a pressure of 1 atm.
Open the clamp to separate the diving bell from the chamber system.
The first two steps had been completed when, for an unknown reason, Crammond opened the clamp that was keeping the trunk sealed before Diver 4 (Hellevik) could close the door to the chamber. This resulted in the explosive decompression of the unsealed chamber system. Air rushed out of the chamber system with tremendous force, jamming the interior trunk door and pushing the bell away, striking the two tenders. All four divers were killed; of the tenders, Crammond, was killed, while Saunders was severely injured. 

Medical findings
Medical investigations were carried out on the remains of the four divers and of one of the tenders. The most notable finding was the presence of large amounts of fat in large arteries and veins and in the cardiac chambers, as well as intravascular fat in organs, especially the liver.
This fat was unlikely to be embolic, but must have precipitated from the blood in situ.  The autopsy suggested that rapid bubble formation in the blood denatured the lipoprotein complexes, rendering the lipids insoluble.  The blood of the three divers left intact inside the chambers likely boiled instantly, stopping their circulation.  The fourth diver was dismembered and mutilated by the blast forcing him out through the partially blocked doorway and would have died instantly.

Coward, Lucas, and Bergersen were exposed to the effects of explosive decompression and died in the positions indicated by the diagram. Investigation by forensic pathologists determined that Hellevik, being exposed to the highest pressure gradient and in the process of moving to secure the inner door, was forced through the crescent-shaped opening measuring 60 centimetres (24 in) long created by the jammed interior trunk door. With the escaping air and pressure, it included bisection of his thoracoabdominal cavity, which resulted in fragmentation of his body, followed by expulsion of all of the internal organs of his chest and abdomen, except the trachea and a section of small intestine, and of the thoracic spine. These were projected some distance, one section being found 10 metres (30 ft) vertically above the exterior pressure door.

[Kitkat12]

This link goes to a pdf of the journal of forensic medicine write-up on the incident and 4 divers. Found the link on a Reddit thread.

https://zero.sci-hub.se/5268/7dda7ce...ertsen1988.pdf

[condor5]

Originally Posted by Icybluegrrl ↗

I'm not sure if this is really from the accident, it did come up when I searched it. Still pretty interesting.

I think this is a picture of someone suffering acute radiation exposure, either Chernobyl or Fukashima. sadly the poor soul was kept alive in this state for some time until he died.

[christmascandy1]

trust me as fast as that was..he didnt feel a thing

[LadyNightmare]

The only good part about this was the guys never even knew they had a problem. Several years ago I read a rather gruesome account of this incident. Poor fella's,

[Oonie]

Thanks Chris, that was the pic I was trying to upload. May I copy it and post it into my thread?

[pancrasefan]

I was led to believe these guys were sucked through a hole and or literally exploded. Only one of the guys appears to be like that. The other three seems to have been intact

Anyway someone explain in layman terms what is pressure

[Eternally Solo]

[WonderMomma]

Was sent a PDF file by a member with additional pictures, which I screenshotted and planned to add them and the PDF to the original post. Turns out the PDF was already attached. I went ahead and updated it with the screenshots for anyone who might have missed the PDF. :)

Thanks to Aura🙏🏻💜