Real diving mishaps please

[DiveCaptDean]

I have had a divemaster do a dive to 65ft on a wreck that ran out of air after 15 minutes..he performed what i have no choice but to call an "Emergency Blow"( as i think i saw his entire body out of the water..he ascended so fast)...i got him in the boat and on O2 immediately and monitored him.........his excuse..."  I am using one of those new hp80's and they just dont seem to have the same amount of air as the aluminum 80's do"...me thinks something wrong with that statement and most probably his cert card.......also..after they finished their dive..his 2 buddies had no idea where he was....yet they finished their dive....hhhhmmmmmm.

I have had  pretty solid diver forget to turn on his air( twins) before jumping in( as a rule..i ask if you want me to check your air supply when diving twins..if you say no..i dont check..singles i always check..he said no until this day)....he also forgot to inflate wing..he dropped like a stone to 70 ft....alone..to his credit..he resolved his issue and finished his dive without incident..this was, of course after he spent upwards of 8 minutes finding the wreck that he missed by 40 ft or so.......he kept his cool and resolved his issue..i still think he i a very solid diver..he just had a smack in the face of a reality check...

I have also had a very very very good diver  pull a bone head play.....he dove to 120 ft scheduled to do a 45 minute run time on a single 130cf tank with an 80 cf deco bottle ...he did not check his deco bottle and while doing deco, found it to be empty...he went ot his back gas and apparently did not plan correctly as he did not have enough to finish the dive..he had two divers in the water with him all on basically the same plan....both on twins..one of them shared gas......It was a laughing matter to him...not to me.....i kept my mouth shut...he didnt return to my boat...