Suunto ZOOP User Manual page 34

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NO
ºC DIVE
Diver Attention Symbol
Violated Decompression
Ceiling
Do Not Fly Symbol
Fig. 3.29. Surface Mode after
a violated decompression
dive. Er symbol indicates
that you have violated the
ceiling for more than three
minutes. You must not dive
again for at least 48 hours.
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NOTE! The airplane symbol is not shown on the
stand-by display. You should always activate the dive
computer and check that the airplane symbol is not
MAX
displayed prior to flying.
The no-flying time is always at least 12 hours or
TIME
equivalent to the so-called desaturation time (if longer
than 12 hours).
In the permanent Error mode the no-flying time is
48 hours.
Divers Alert Network (DAN) recommends the fol-
lowing on no-flying times:
- A minimum surface interval of 12 hours would
be required in order to be reasonably assured a
diver will remain symptom free upon ascent to
altitude in a commercial jetliner (altitude up to
2400 m [8000 ft]).
- Divers who plan to make daily, multiple dives
for several days, or make dives that require de-
compression stops, should take special precau-
tions and wait for an extended interval beyond
12 hours before flight. Further, the Undersea
and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS)
suggests divers using standard air cylinders
and exhibiting no symptoms of decompression
illness wait 24 hours after their last dive to fly
in an aircraft with cabin pressure up to 2400
m [8000 ft]. The only two exceptions to this
recommendation are:
- If a diver had less than 2 hours total accumulat-
ed dive time in the last 48 hours, then a 12 hour
surface interval before flying is recommended.
- Following any dive that required a decompres-
sion stop, flying should be delayed for at least
24 hours, and if possible, for 48 hours.
- Suunto recommends that flying is avoided
until all the DAN and UHMS guidelines and
the dive computer wait to fly conditions are
satisfied.