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>> a dry suit is totally seal ted wrists. the boots are incorporated in it. and has a zipper that closes at the neck. that way, you have a helmet. >> this is considered a lighter one. >> but it's incredibly heavy? >> 37 pounds. >> reporter: divers will be hooked up to a command center like this one. >> these instruments right here are telling us what the depths of the divers are at. this is the pressure going through them. the main air. standby air. emergency air. diver one, diver two, diver three. >> reporter: he says the divers will probably be under water for up to 80 minutes at a time. und...

On how to deal in situations like this. the mantra is to fly, navigate the airport, and then communicate. so it could well be that they have so busy flying the airplane that a call may not go out. i find it highly unlikely. >> you don't think that's likely. you think this is a situation where you run in into a problem and if or not in xhun cadn xhun cad dough, you would get a did it ists distress call out? >> i've been in a rapid decompression claim we are decompression chamber and all of a sudden they will take you to 30,000 feet. and what happens is the air inside your body expands. it's a v...

Desce descending, getting the oxygen masks on is well under a benign environment. under decompression, it's multiplied by 10, 20. it's very difficult. >> mitchell? >> i'm sorry? >> he was just saying that pack thissing this in a decompression chamber magnifies the effects which i think goes back to why you want to get this down automatically to where you can do it without even a thought because if you're suffering the physical side effects of rapid decompression, you're going to need every help you have. >> that's right. up at altitude, you only have between 10 and 15 seconds before you start ...

Straited wi demonstrated with a decompression. could be an engine failure. >> there are a lot of exotic emergencies you don't get to practice in your recurrence. you always practice engine failure on takeoff and certain ones -- >> also if you're doing this, it's your passion to fly, you want some fun in it, right? don't you want to try something you wouldn't normally try? i'm just asking. also, mike wants to talk about the effects of decompression. mitchell and marty? >> when we go through training we're put in a compression chamber and taken up to 35,000 feet. we rapidly decompress to 35,000 ...

Period of time, the nitrogen builds up in your blood stream. to be able to get him to put on that diving helmet and essentially, i'm assuming, this guy has never dove before in his life and to coach him and have him remain calm enough to put that helmet on, exit the boat, enter into a decompression chamber under water and essentially decompression chamber allows enough time for his blood, oxygen levels and blood stream to return to normal so he can go to the surface is just incredible story all around. >> and for him to have remained calm when he was all by himself in the dark for three days, ...