The old expression about something having occurred ‘out of the blue’ means, basically, that something that happened was a random, unpredictable event. When it comes to dive accidents, while they typically occur ‘in the blue’ (if you’ll excuse the play-on-words), history shows clearly that, despite diving being an activity with inherent risks, the most serious, most traumatic accidents in our sport typically were not random at all, but occurred because the known risks – and the safety procedures and practices our industry has so carefully developed to protect divers from those risks – were too often ignored… Click here to read the full article!
Accidents in the Blue Too-Often Aren’t Accidents ‘Out of the Blue – Al Hornsby
