John Bennett (diver) explained

John Bennett (March 7, 1959 – 2004) was a British scuba diver who set a world record by becoming the first person to deep dive below a depth of 300m (1,000feet) on self-contained breathing apparatus on 6 November 2001.[1] [2] [3] Bennett first broke the record in 1999 when he reached 200m (700feet) accompanied by Chuck Driver. In 2000 Bennett set a new record of 254m (833feet), before his final record-breaking dive to 308m (1,010feet) in 2001. Having founded Atlantis Dive in the Philippines in the late 1990s, Bennett and his world record breaking team, including Ron Loos, Mark Cox and Targa Mann went on to establish Tech Dive Academy in Port Douglas, Australia.[4] In the early 2000s, Bennett and Loos made the first dives to the wreck site, which is located off Fortune Island, outside and to the south of Manila Bay.[5] [6] In 2001, he located the wreck of the Imperial Japanese Navy dreadnought Yamashiro in the Surigao Strait (between the Philippine islands of Leyte and Dinagat) through sound scans, but could not confirm it before his death. Confirmation was not made until 2017.

Death

John Bennett went missing on 15 March 2004 in a commercial diving incident in Korea.[7] He was declared legally dead in 2006, but his body has never been recovered.[8] Bennett was survived by his wife Gabby and their two children, Joshua and Katie.[9] [10]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: techdive. A Journey to 308m. 2021-10-29. Tech Dive Academy. en-AU.
  2. Web site: A journey to 308 metres. 2011-02-25. Tech Dive Academy.
  3. Web site: Gomes . Nuno . A brief history of deep technical diving in the last 20 years . 2011-02-25 . Nuno Gomes (diver). 2009-06-14.
  4. Web site: techdive. About Us. 2021-10-29. Tech Dive Academy. en-AU.
  5. Stieglitz . Guy . 25 minutes at 122m. . September 2003 . Sport Diver Magazine (UK).
  6. Web site: Taylor . Mike . Reed . Matt . Projects: Princess of the Orient . Triton Oceanic Corporation . 2011-02-25 . https://archive.today/20130204203511/http://triton-oceanic.com/projects/detail/princess_of_the_orient/ . 2013-02-04 . dead.
  7. Web site: James . Malcolm . Technical Diving pioneer John Bennett missing . 2011-02-25 . 2004-03-17.
  8. Web site: Renowned technical diver John Bennett declared legally dead . 2006 . CDNN.info . 2011-02-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080829134824/http://www.cdnn.info/news/industry/i060915.html . August 29, 2008.
  9. Web site: daz . John Bennett - YD group donation . Yorkshire-Divers.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20080829120411/http://www.yorkshire-divers.com/forums/surface-interval/2181-john-bennett-yd-group-donation.html . dead . 2008-08-29 . 2011-02-25.
  10. Outside Magazine. Raising the Dead. Zimmermann. Tim. August 1, 2005.

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