Serious riskSerious risk
EU Safety Gate · Report-2008-28
POSEIDON · Floating Inner bladder for "Besea W50 Wing"
The product poses a risk of drowning as due to a manufacturing error the seam holding the two pieces of the inner bladder together inside the "Besea W50" may break. This makes the wing unfit as a floating device.
- Published
- 18 July 2008
- Notifying authority
- Sweden
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
Check the authority measure and original alert.
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other. Category of measure(s): Voluntary recall from consumers by the manufacturer.. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 0760/08
- Model
- The affected inner bladders are marked with type no 5275-0-0-7, POSEIDON, 5445 and 2007. These inner bladders have been mounted in Besea W50 wings sold during the period: 16 September 2007 – 10 June 2008.
Classification
- Category
- Protective equipment
- Risk type
- Drowning
- Country of origin
- Sweden
Product description
The defective inner bladder is mounted inside a "Besea W 50 wing", a floating device used for scuba diving.