DATELINE: 28th November 2001

JOHN BENNETT REACHES 1000FT
British technical diver John Bennett has smashed his own world depth record and become the first man to dive below 1000ft on scuba.
He completed a dive of 308m at Puerto Galera in the Phillipines on Tuesday 6 November using open-circuit equipment and mixed gas. With decompression, the dive took more than nine and a half hours. He experienced a problem with one of his ears on the ascent, but is said to be fit and well and ready to go diving again in a few days. John's own exclusive account of the dive will be featured in the January 2002 edition of DIVER magazine.

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