MISSION ABORTED AFTER 4 hours 14 min.

03/06/2013 06:54

All went very well with initial dive and change drills, all tech equipment also working. However it was clear from early stage that Si Tech valve had a kink in hose as no matter what position was taken in water it could not be released. Would appear continual attempts finally resulted in failure of seals. Complete compromise of suit thermal qualities. Decision was taken to abort at that stage as the suit would continue to fill and result in onset of hypothermia, reckless to put undue pressure on team.