NANAIMO, Canada (2 June 2009) — A coroner found that a scuba diving instructor died because he ignored a standard diving safety protocol. In 2007, CDNN reported that Daniel Harrington, 32, died on Nov. 24 while exploring the wreck of the HMCS Cape Breton off Snake Island near Nanaimo. According to a witness who was diving with Harrington, the pair became disoriented when they stirred up silt in a small room they had entered in the wreck. The buddy diver managed to find her way out but Harrington failed to resurface. According to coroner Kim Bailey, Harrington also failed to deploy a line from his 76-meter spool, a fatal error that killed him. Standard wreck diving safety protocol requires divers to deploy a line for penetration dives. Why Harrington, an experienced technical scuba diving instructor who taught other divers proper wreck diving procedure, failed to deploy a line is not known but other divers who knew him speculated he may have become overconfident after diving many times at the same wreck site. According to the coroner's report, Harrington's equipment was found to be functioning properly and his tanks were empty. The death was classifed as accidental and the coroner made no recommendations. | 
