“The diving bell disconnected before the chamber doors fully closed, releasing an explosive depressurisation,” according to the footage.
“The average air pressure on the surface, one atmosphere, immediately replaced the nine atmospheres of air pressure felt 297 feet below the water’s surface within the bell.
“The hefty diving bell was launched into the air as it exploded out of the chamber. Crammond and Saunders were seriously wounded when the diving bell hit them.
“The four divers inside had a far worse fate. As massive volumes of dissolved nitrogen abruptly reverted to its gaseous form,
The blood in Lucas, Coward, and Bergersen’s bodies “boiled” instantaneously. The divers perished at once.
