Quote: (Originally Posted by
caveseeker7)

Don't know what EDO-04 accident you refer to, but in at least one of them the one way valves to the smaller bellows were defect and not working. On both units of the dual Rebreather setup. That the diver wasn't properly trained and diving shallow water probably didn't help much, either, but those components of his RBs were not in working order. The state police of the area posted an anlysis and warning including pictures on their website, the damaged/faulty valves were clearly visible.
The state police made this report based on a biaised analysis of the machine and before enquiries were conducted in depth. The valves were not involved in the accident. I was closely involved so I think I better know thant the first alarming threads which were dispatched...