John Bennett (diver)
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John Bennett was a British
SCUBA diver
who is best known for setting a world record by becoming the first person to deep dive
below a depth of 1,000 feet on self contained breathing apparatus on 6 November 2001.
Bennett founded Atlantis Tech at the Atlantis Dive Resort in the Philippines
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In the early 2000s, Bennett and Ron Loos made the first dives to the MV Princess of the Orient
wreck site in Manila Bay
.
incident in Korea
. He was declared legally dead in 2006, but the body has never been recovered. Bennett was survived by his wife Gabby and their two children, Joshua and Katie.
United Kingdom
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SCUBA diver
Scuba diving
Scuba diving is a form of underwater diving in which a diver uses a scuba set to breathe underwater....
who is best known for setting a world record by becoming the first person to deep dive
Deep diving
The meaning of the term deep diving is a form of technical diving. It is defined by the level of the diver's diver training, diving equipment, breathing gas, and surface support:...
below a depth of 1,000 feet on self contained breathing apparatus on 6 November 2001.
Bennett founded Atlantis Tech at the Atlantis Dive Resort in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
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In the early 2000s, Bennett and Ron Loos made the first dives to the MV Princess of the Orient
MV Princess of the Orient
MV Princess of the Orient was a passenger ferry owned by Sulpicio Lines that sank off Fortune Island, near Batangas City in September 1998.-The sinking:...
wreck site in Manila Bay
Manila Bay
Manila Bay is a natural harbor which serves the Port of Manila , in the Philippines.The bay is considered to be one of the best natural harbors in Southeast Asia and one of the finest in the world...
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Death
John Bennett was missing presumed dead on 15 March 2004 in a commercial divingCommercial Diving
Professional diving is a type of diving where the divers are paid for their work. There are several branches of professional diving, the most well known of which is probably commercial diving...
incident in Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
. He was declared legally dead in 2006, but the body has never been recovered. Bennett was survived by his wife Gabby and their two children, Joshua and Katie.