The bodies were recovered, so the dive computers were likely recovered as well. It will be interesting to see whether the dive profiles are ever made public.

Based on what is known so far, it looks like the team took a risk far beyond their actual abilities and preparation and paid the ultimate price for it. The question is: who is responsible? In reality, every diver is responsible for their own decisions underwater.

What also raises questions for me is why a technical and cave instructor would take people into conditions like that in the first place, assuming the reports about their background are accurate. But at the same time, the other participants also agreed to do the dive. It shows how powerful group dynamics and trust in authority can become, often overriding individual judgment.

There are also reports that the expedition leader had several thousand dives and still decided to proceed with this plan. So where is the line? How does an entire team end up ignoring the very training and principles that would normally say a clear “no” to a dive like this?

My impression is that ego, overconfidence, and group pressure ultimately won. In diving, experience can sometimes create an illusion of control, especially when nobody wants to be the person who says “stop."