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Scuba diving accident kills another Rondo wreck diver
by LUTHER MONROE @ CDNN - CYBER DIVER News Network
TOBERMORY, Scotland (1 May 2009) � A 38-year-old diver died after another fatal
scuba diving accident at the Rondo wreck in the Sound of Mull.
Authorities told CDNN that Henry Stephen Downs, from the York area, was pronounced
dead after an RAF Coastguard rescue helicopter airlifted him to Lorn and the Isles
Hospital at Oban.
Downs was scuba diving with friends off the Peregrine dive boat when he apparently
ascended to rapidly from the wreck of the Rondo.
Coastguard officials told CDNN they scrambled a rescue helicopter and launched a
lifeboat after receiving a call for help at 9:53 am.
Inspector Neil Wallace said that Downs was diving with a buddy when something went
wrong and the pair had to make an abrupt ascent to the surface.
Maximum depth limits
Located at a depth of 49 meters (160 feet), the deepest part of the Rondo wreck is
well below the recommended maximum depth limits (for scuba diving on air)
established by most international diver certification agencies in order to reduce
the inherent risks of scuba diving and enhance diver safety.
CMAS, NAUI, PADI, PDIC, SDI and SSI all recommend that recreational scuba divers
using air not dive deeper than 18 - 40 meters (60 - 130 ft), depending on
certification level.
BSAC, a UK dive club organization whose members encompass only about five percent
of UK divers, has more liberal depth limits for recreational scuba diving on air of
20 meters (Ocean Diver level), 35 meters (Sport Diver level) and 50 meters (Dive
Leader/Advanced Diver level).
It is not known which organization certified Downs and whether his certification
level effectively prepared him for deep wreck diving in difficult conditions that
are common at the Rondo.
Last year, 40-year-old BSAC diver and father-of-four Neil Rodgers disappeared while
exploring the Rondo.
His decomposing body was found at depth near the wreck 10 months later.
No more dangerous than crossing a road?
The near vertical position of the Rondo wreck has made it a popular but dangerous
dive due to its depth and other variables that also increase the inherent risks of
scuba diving such as low visibility and cold water.
BSAC diver Neil Rodgers died last year while exploring the Rondo shipwreck.
Despite two fatal scuba diving accidents that killed Downs and Rodgers last year,
BSAC Dive Leader, John Thomas, dismissed the notion that scuba diving at the Rondo
to a depth of 50 meters on air in cold, dark water is dangerous.
Thomas told CDNN that diving the Rondo is "no more dangerous than crossing the road
(thanks to) a very large, solid guide rope from (the wreck) to the surface".
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second fatality in a year at popular spot in sound of mull
Mercy dash by lifeboat and helicopter fails to save diver
By Rita Campbell
Published: 01/05/2009
A diver has died in the Sound of Mull exploring the same deep water wreck where
another diver was lost last year.
Henry Stephen Downs, 38, from the York area, was with of a group of friends diving
on the Rondo on Wednesday morning.
They were on holiday in the Lochaline area and had chartered the local dive boat
Peregrine.
The 74-year-old wreck, which lies between Salen on Mull and Lochaline on the
mainland, is a popular dive site.
The bow of the steamer is about 160ft below the surface, with the vessel sitting
almost vertically.
The coastguard received a call at 9.53am to say a diver had come to the surface too
quickly and needed medical attention.
Oban and Tobermory Coastguard crews and Tobermory lifeboat went to the scene.
The man was taken to Lorn and the Isles Hospital at Oban by a helicopter from RAF
Lossiemouth but was pronounced dead on arrival.
Mr Downs� relatives were travelling north from England yesterday.
Inspector Neil Wallace said: �Mr Downs was diving with a buddy, or diving partner.
Something has gone wrong and they have had to come to the surface.
�It looks as if he has had some sort of illness.�
He said a post-mortem examination would take place, adding that his diving
equipment would be examined.
A report will also be sent to the procurator fiscal.
The Rondo was lost in 1935 after dragging her anchor in a violent storm.
She was carrying coal to the west coast.
The unusual way the wreck lies has made it a popular dive.
Neil Rodgers, 40, a father-of-four from Rotherham in Yorkshire, went missing on

March 16 last year while diving there.
After a massive search, his body was finally recovered 10 months later, in January.
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Outrage over honeymoon diving death prompts appeal
Sydney (June 18, 2009) - Outrage over the one-year prison sentence handed down for
a husband who admitted drowning his wife during a scuba dive while honeymooning in
Australia has prompted Queensland authorities to appeal its leniency.
"I have formed the view that this sentence is manifestly inadequate, and the state
will therefore lodge an appeal against the sentence in the Queensland Court of
Appeal," Cameron Dick, attorney general in Queensland's state government, said
Thursday.
Gabe Watson, 32, avoided being tried for the alleged murder of 26-year-old Tina
Watson by entering a guilty plea to the lesser charge of manslaughter at his trial
earlier this month.
The US citizen was effectively jailed for one year over the death, which occurred
six years ago on the Great Barrier Reef.
Chilling video footage inadvertently captured by a fellow diver showed Watson

swimming away while his wife of 11 days sank to the ocean floor. It was alleged
that Watson had held his wife in a bear hug, turned off her oxygen supply and
turned the valve back on when she was dead or nearly dead.
Prosecutor Brendan Campbell accepted the plea to manslaughter on the basis that
Watson had failed in his duty as a dive buddy by neither giving her buddy-breathing
emergency oxygen, inflating her buoyancy vest nor removing weights from her belt.
"He virtually extinguished any chance of her survival," Campbell told the court.
Tina Watson was on only her second dive. Her husband was a certified rescue diver
who had been trained in dealing with panicked divers.
The leniency of the sentence caused uproar on both sides of the Pacific. Troy King,
Alabama's attorney general, demanded an "appeal for re-sentencing."
Public outrage prompted Queensland director of public prosecutions Tony Moynihan to

take the extraordinary step of explaining his decision to accept a guilty plea to
manslaughter rather than pressing ahead with a murder rap.
"Given the complex circumstantial nature of the case, Mr Watson's admission that he
breached his duty to render assistance to his wife ultimately meant there was no
reasonable prospect of proving, beyond a reasonable doubt, that he was guilty of
murder," Moynihan said last week. -- dpa
Updated: 03:21PM Thu, 18 Jun 2009

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Rescue crews pull body from Reservoir pond
Holly Abrams
The Journal Gazette
A woman�s body was pulled from the pond at Reservoir Park on the city�s southeast
side Wednesday night.
Police were called to a possible drowning just after 8:30 p.m. at the park bordered
by Clinton, Lafayette and Suttenfield streets and Creighton Avenue. The Fort Wayne
Fire Department�s Water Rescue Team used a boat and diver to retrieve the body.
The body was retrieved on the north side of the reservoir shortly after rescue
teams arrived. Police initially said the woman was in critical condition.
She was later declared dead at a local hospital, said Dick Alfeld, chief
investigator for the Allen County Coroner�s Office.
Witnesses said children were throwing sticks at the body until eventually they
realized what it was.
The body was floating when firefighters arrived, Fort Wayne Fire Department
spokeswoman Susan Banta said.
Police did not say whether foul play is suspected. An autopsy will determine how
the woman died.
Firefighters scoured the pond after the body was retrieved, looking for evidence.
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Police identify dead BSAC scuba diver
TORQUAY, UK (30 Apr 2009) � Police detectives investigating the scuba diving death
of a BSAC diver released the victim's name and urged witnesses to contact them.
Paul Leyland, 51, of Topsham, died last Sunday night at Plymouth's Derriford
Hospital after a scuba diving accident off Berry Head, Brixham.
Leyland, an experienced diver who was a member of the Exeter BSAC scuba diving
club, was pulled to shore by other divers and airlifted to hospital.
Police detectives want to interview other divers who attempted to revive Leyland
about the equipment he was using, which apparently disappeared after the accident.
"We want to trace all those who helped afterwards...we know there were a lot of
divers and diving team members about at the time," said Det Con Tom Blanchard, of
Torquay CID.
He added: "There were a number of people who pulled him out. We are a particularly
interested to know if they have any observations about the breathing equipment and
diving gear used by the casualty."
In addition to diver error, equipment failure and contaminated air, the police
investigation will look at Leyland's medical record and the results of a post-
mortem examination to determine the cause of death.
Authorities said South Devon coroner, Ian Arrow, will open an inquest into the
death of Paul Leyland later this week.
Paul Leyland, 51, from Topsham, worked at Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital where he
was an anaesthetic nurse. He died after a scuba diving accident off Berry Head,
Brixham.
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Diver tragedy witness appeal
Wednesday, April 29, 2009, 09:13
DETECTIVES probing the death of a diver off Brixham are anxious to hear from
helpers who rushed to his aid after Sunday's tragedy.
They are particularly keen to speak to fellow divers who made desperate attempts to
revive colleague Paul Leyland, pictured, after dragging him from the water off the
breakwater on Sunday morning.
Det Con Tom Blanchard, of Torquay CID, said: "We want to trace all those who helped
afterwards. We know there were a lot of divers and diving team members about at the
time."
He added: "There were a number of people who pulled him out. We are a particularly
interested to know if they have any observations about the breathing equipment and
diving gear used by the casualty."
The cause of death will not be established until the post mortem examination is
held later this week.
It is understood the police will be looking at the possibility of Mr Leyland

suffering a medical condition or using faulty equipment.
And they will also consider whether the death may have been caused by human error.
But at this stage police say they can't comment on how Mr Leyland died until they
know they results of the post mortem.
Anyone with information should contact DC Blanchard at Torquay CID on 08452 777444,
quoting log 461 of April 26.
Mr Leyland from Topsham, near Exeter, was officially named as the dead man
yesterday by police. He was a member of the Exeter diving club BSAC.
One of the divers at the scene was Tony Clarke who said Mr Leyland had his
equipment removed before being given continuous chest compressions and oxygen-
enriched breaths before the arrival of the emergency services.
Mr Leyland, 51, died in Plymouth's Derriford Hospital on Sunday night.
Next of kin have been informed.
South Devon coroner Ian Arrow is expected to open an inquest later this week to
take formal evidence of identity. A post mortem examination is said to be imminent.
A full inquest is expected to held later in the year.

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Diving accident kills Hawaii tourist
HONOLULU, Hawaii (27 Apr 2009) � A woman on holiday in Hawaii apparently drowned
while diving off the island of Oahu.
Authorities told CDNN that Christine Christensen, 61, of Lakeville, Minnesota died
while diving off the Ko Olina resort.
Bystanders who noticed that Christensen was not moving called for help and fire-
rescue paramedics responded at about 12:23 pm.
According to Honolulu Fire Capt. Earle Kealoha, security staff at the resort had
already pulled Christensen ashore and were trying to revive the victim with CPR
when fire-rescue paramedics arrived at the scene of the diving accident.
Paramedics rushed the woman to Hawaii Medical Center but she never regained
consciousness and was pronounced dead at the medical facility.
A post-mortem exam was performed to determine the cause of death.
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Scuba diving accident kills another Divers Down customer
CAYMAN ISLANDS (27 Apr 2009) � An American tourist died while scuba diving with
Divers Down off Grand Cayman.
Authorities said the scuba diving accident victim, whose name has not yet been
released, was a 58-year-old man from Colorado Springs.
Witnesses told CDNN the man disappeared while scuba diving with four other divers
off a dive boat owned and operated by Divers Down.
At about 1:55 pm, after the crew of the dive boat called for help, authorities
received a call from a sport fishing boat reporting that they found the missing
diver floating unconscious in the water off Dolphin Pointe, West Bay.
People aboard the fishing boat started CPR but apparently the victim never regained
consciousness and was pronounced dead after paramedics took him to a hospital.
Divers Down declined to discuss the accident, which was third diving fatality in
the Caymans in 2009.
There were nine diving-related deaths in the Cayman Islands in 2008.
Unsustainable tourism
Once considered the best scuba diving holiday destination in the Caribbean, the
Cayman Islands have steadily declined in popularity over the past decade due to
overpricing, overdevelopment, eco-unfriendly cruise ship tourism, marine wildlife
harassment (Stingray City), coral reef degradation and increasing concerns that
diving-related fatalities are linked to the failure of dive boat operators to
comply with commonly accepted dive safety procedures.
Hoping to lure divers back to the Caymans, local tourism promoters announced last
October that the government would adopt Florida's scheme to replace dying coral
reefs with value-added scuba diving product comprised of scuttled U.S. Navy
warships.
Promoters said they hope to sink the 77-meter, 2,290 tonne USS Kittiwake later this
year.
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Scuba diving accident kills another American quarry diver
LOUDON COUNTY, Virginia (10 May 2009) � A man who was participating in a rescue
diver scuba diving course died while he was learing to rescue scuba divers.
Authorities told CDNN the scuba diving course accident victim was Gary Watkins, 57,
of Big Stone Gap, Virginia.
Witnesses said Watkins was learning to rescue a drowning victim at a privately
owned quarry off Harris Road when he suddenly disappeared beneath the surface.
Police said Watkins was underwater for about two minutes before other divers who
were involved in the rescue diver course pulled him to the surface.
Despite attempts to revive the victim, Watson died at the University of Tennessee
Medical Center after he was transferred from Sweetwater Hospital.
Police are investigating the scuba diving fatality and a post-mortem examination
will be performed to determine the cause of death.
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Guppy Gulch scuba diving accident kills diver
DELTA, Pennsylvania (10 May 2009) � Police in Pennsylvania have released the name
of the man who died while scuba diving at Guppy Gulch quarry.
Authorities told CDNN the scuba diving accident victim was Daniel "Marty"
Fadrowski, 56, of Sykesville, Maryland.
Fadrowski was scuba diving with his 14-year-old son's Boy Scout troop when he died.
Friends and family said they were shocked that Fadrowski died of a heart attack,
because he was in excellent physical condition for a man in his mid-50s.
Melanie Winyall said her brother had many interests and was proficient at
carpentry, plumbing, mechanics, and especially sales, which is how he earned a
living.
The victim's father, Walter Fadrowski, said the his son was a wonderful man who was
completely devoted to his familty.
"He was one of the greatest guys I knew," Walter Fadrowski said.
Scuba diving and heart disease
It is not clear to what extent stress factors unique to the use of underwater life
support equipment (SCUBA) affect pre-existing medical conditions such as heart
disease and obesity.
Cyber Diver recommends that all certified and uncertified divers including tourists
involved in "Discover Scuba" resort courses pass a physical examination within six
months of diving.
Divers over 50 should successfully pass a cardicac stress test on a treadmill
within three months of participation in scuba diving activities.
People who have been diagnosed with pre-existing medical conditions such as heart
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Md. man dies while scuba diving in Pa. quarry
May 10, 2009 - 3:42pm
DELTA, Pa. (AP) - Authorities in central Pennsylvania say a Maryland man died while
scuba diving in a quarry.
State police say the 56-year-old Sykesville resident was diving in Guppy Gulch in
Peach Bottom Township on Saturday when he got into trouble and was pulled from the
water by his companions.
Emergency workers were called shortly after noon, and the man was pronounced dead
just before 1 p.m.
York County Deputy Coroner Claude Stabley says an autopsy will be done to determine
what killed the man, whose name has not been released.
Information from: York Daily Record, http://www.ydr.com
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Scuba diving accident kills BSAC diver
TORQUAY, UK (27 Apr 2009) � A BSAC diver died after a scuba diving accident at
Breakwater Beach off the south Devon coast.
Authorities told CDNN the 53-year-old male diver, whose name has not yet been
released pending notification of kin, was diving with a group off Berry Head near
Torquay.
Witnesses said the victim resurfaced without difficulty but was found unconscious
after he reentered the water to retrieve another diver's lost weight belt.
A Coastguard rescue helicopter airlifted the victim to Derriford Hospital where he
was pronounced dead at about 10:00 pm.
Brixham Coastguard officials issued a warning advising divers not to go back into
the water to recover lost equipment.
Police are investigating the fatal scuba diving accident and have asked witnesses
to contact them on 0845 777444 quoting log number 246/ of April 26.
Authorities said the Plymouth coroner will open an inquest into the diver's death
later this week.
The Health and Safety Executive are also assisting in the investigation.
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Diver dies following air rescue
A 53-year-old man from Exeter has died following a diving incident off the south
Devon coast.
The man had been diving with a group on Sunday at about 1100 BST when he was found
floating in the water off Berry Head, near Torquay.
Coastguards said he surfaced after a dive and then re-entered the water to retrieve
another diver's lost belt when he lost consciousness.
He was airlifted to hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
The Health and Safety Executive have been informed of his death. No other divers
were injured.
Brixham Coastguard have warned divers not to go back into the water for lost
equipment.
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Fishermen find diver�s body off Dolphin Pointe
Posted on Mon, 04/27/2009 - 10:11 in Headline News
(CNS): A visitor from the United States died during a diving trip yesterday
(Sunday 26 April) and the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) says it has
begun an investigation into the circumstances of the 58-year-old man�s death. The
911 Emergency Communications Centre received a call at approximately 1.55pm from a
vessel which was taking part in the fishing tournament reporting that they had
found a diver floating in the water off Dolphin Pointe, West Bay.
Moments afterwards 911 received a call from a staff member of Divers Down reporting
that a diver had gone missing while on an organized dive. The fishing boat informed
operators that they were coming to shore and performing CPR on the victim. Police
and medics responded to the North West Point Dock where the patient was met and
taken to hospital. Unfortunately, the victim was later pronounced dead. The man was
on vacation in the Cayman Islands from Colorado, USA.
The RCIPS sends its condolences to the family and friends of the victim. Detectives
from West Bay are investigating the death.
Police have also said that the Sand Bar is currently closed today (Monday, 27
April) due to inclement weather conditions and a further assessment will be made at
11.30am and checks will be made throughout the day by the joint Customs,
Immigration and RCIPS Marine Unit and the Department of Environment. The boating
community is thanked for their cooperation.
Anyone with information about crime taking place in the Cayman Islands should
contact their local police station or Crime Stoppers on 800-8477 (TIPS). All
persons calling Crime Stoppers remain anonymous, and are eligible for a reward of
up to $1000, should their information lead to an arrest or recovery of
property/drugs.
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Dynamite fishermen accidentally kill diver
by EVAN T. ALLARD @ CDNN - CYBER DIVER News Network
PHU CU, Vietnam (24 Mar 2009) � Police arrested four fishermen who accidentally
killed a diver with explosives.
Police officials in the Phu Cu District in the central province of Binh Dinh told
CDNN the Coast Guard heard an explosion and caught the fishermen who tried to
escape.
The fishermen told police they saw bubbles and movement under the surface and
thought it was a large fish.
One of the fishermen tossed dynamite into the water and after it exploded the group
jumped into the water but instead of finding a fish, they found the body of the
dead diver.
Dynamite fishing, which severely damages coral reefs, is illegal in Vietnam but a
common practice.
Nguyen Ngoc Liem, head of the Phu Cu District police department, said the fishermen
would be charged with killing the diver and destroying aquatic resources with the
illegal use of explosives.
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Dynamite fishermen kill diver
LiveNews | Richard Maxton
Four Vietnamese fishermen have been arrested after they accidentally killed a scuba
diver with explosives.
The fishermen told Phun Nu District police they saw bubbles on the surface and
threw dynamite into the water, thinking it was a large fish.
When the group jumped into the water to retrieve the "fish" they instead found the
body of a dead diver.
The Phun Cu District Coast Guard heard the explosion and caught the fishermen as
they tried to escape.
Police said the fishermen will be charged with killing the diver and destroying
aquatic resources.
Dynamite fishing is illegal in Vietnam but remains a common practice.

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BBC NEWS
Dead diver's training criticised
A married father-of-two died while taking a dive course run by a school at which
standards were "casual" or "slap-happy", an inquest has heard.
Roger Pye, 51, from Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, was taking part in a deep dive off
Portland, in Dorset in 2001.
Aquasplash owner Nigel Band was his buddy but left him to help a female student
whose belt had slipped off.
The coroner recorded an open verdict in the case of Mr Pye, whose body was found
five years later on the sea bed.
The inquest in Dorchester heard how the management consultant had suffered problems
during the dive, on 30 September 2001.
'Casual training'
After his buddy left him he was seen floating high in the water before sinking.
Coroner Michael Johnston said: "I can't say any specific action or inaction of
Nigel Band contributed to his death.
"I think his actions might have created an environment where an incident could
happen that led to Roger's death.
"[The Health and Safety Executive] was given the impression that Mr Band's training
was casual or perhaps slap-happy."
Judith Tetlow, HSE principal inspector and dive specialist, told the inquest an
investigation found "a number of things that caused concern".
Buddy prosecuted
She said students were not given enough air and had to rely on their buddy's supply
and legal forms and medical declarations were not completed before the dives.
The HSE prosecuted Mr Band under the Health and Safety at Work Act but he was
acquitted of any wrong-doing.
He has since moved abroad and did not attend the inquest and Aquasplash is no
longer trading.
Mr Pye's body was found on 28 April, 2006, by a diver out spear fishing.
He was identified using DNA and from a bank card in his trouser pocket.
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Dead diver is named by police
Police have named a man who died after trying to surface from a dive off the
Cornish coast.
Frank Waller, 39, from Little Wymondley, Hertfordshire, was found dead on the sea
bed near Castle Beach, Tintagel on Sunday afternoon.
Two friends who had been diving with him raised the alarm after they realised he
had got into trouble.
Devon and Cornwall Police are investigating, but a spokesman described the
inquiries as routine.
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Dead diver went missing in 2005
21 Sep 2007 9:57 BST
The body of a diver found off the Dorset coast has been formally identified as Mark
James Steel.
The 22-year-old from Daventry, Northamptonshire, went missing during a diving trip
on 22 August 2005.
His body was found by another diver in August this year, near the wreck of the
Kyarra, off Anvil Point, Swanage, and brought ashore by a police dive team.
It has taken more than a month to identify the body using technology to match Mr
Steel's DNA.
Mr Steel was found 400ft (122m) from the wreck in a water depth of 98ft (30m).
A police spokesman said: "Our thoughts are with his family at this time."
Mr Steel was one of two divers who went missing in August 2005 in separate
incidents.
On 4 August 2005, Lynne Pembroke, a 48-year-old woman from Cambridgeshire, failed

to resurface near the ship.
Both had been taken to the wreck by the dive boat Killer Prawn.
Police frogmen failed to find her or Mr Steel after a major search.
But a coastguard spokesman said they were entirely satisfied the crew of the boat
had done everything correctly.
The 6,953-ton Australian steamer, Kyarra, was sunk by a German torpedo in 1918,
killing all six members of the crew.
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10. September 2007, 17:01 Uhr

T�DLICHE UNF�LLE
Taucher verungl�cken in Kroatien und �sterreich
In Kroatien ist ein deutscher Taucher t�dlich verungl�ckt, in �sterreich wurde die
Leiche eines Tschechen geborgen. Beide waren in Tiefen unterwegs, die
Sporttaucherverb�nde nur erfahrenen Wassersportlern empfehlen.
Zagreb - Ein deutscher Taucher ist heute bei einem Tauchgang nahe Rabac, an der
nordkroatischen Adria-Halbinsel Istrien, t�dlich verungl�ckt. Der 38-J�hrige erlitt
einen Schw�cheanfall in einer Tiefe von 38 Metern und konnte trotz rascher Hilfe
nicht gerettet werden, meldete die kroatische Nachrichtenagentur Hina.
Auch in �sterreich kam es zu einem t�dlichen Tauchunfall: Im Attersee im

Salzkammergut wurde in der vergangenen Nacht ein tschechischer Taucher tot
geborgen. Der 41-J�hrige war seit Samstag vermisst worden, Dutzende Rettungstaucher
hatten nach dem Mann gesucht. Der Tscheche war mit drei Freunden im Bereich der
sogenannten Schwarzen Br�cke getaucht und war statt der vereinbarten 40 Meter auf
bis 55 Meter Tiefe gegangen, wie der ORF berichtet. Laut einem Feuerwehrtaucher
wird die Tauchstelle, die nur f�r fortgeschrittene Taucher geeignet ist, h�ufig
untersch�tzt. J�hrlich kommen hier mehrere Wassersportler ums Leben.
sto/dpa
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DerWesten - 09.02.2009
http://www.derwesten.de/nachrichten/nachrichten/staedte/winterberg/2009/2/9/news-
110238311/detail.html
Wieder Todesopfer im Steinbruchsee
Taucher konnte nur noch tot geborgen werden
Winterberg, 09.02.2009, wp
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Messinghausen. (wp) Wieder einmal hat der �Blaue� in Messinghausen ein Todesopfer
gefordert: Ein 43-j�hriger Taucher ist gestern nach einem Tauchgang im
Steinbruchsee �Lange Reihe� nicht mehr an die Oberfl�che zur�ckgekehrt. Er konnte
nur noch tot geborgen werden.
Der tragische Unfall ereignete sich gegen 12 Uhr teilt die Polizei des
Hochsauerlandkreises mitteilte. Die Kriminalpolizei hat umgehend die Ermittlungen
aufgenommen. Im Juli und September 2007 waren eine 40-J�hrige aus Algermissen und
eine 41-J�hrige aus D�sseldorfer bei Tauchg�ngen im See ums Leben gekommen, ein 45-
j�hriger Taucher wurde bei dem Tauchgang im Juli schwer verletzt. Der vollgelaufene
Kalk-Steinbruchsee in Messinghausen ist wegen seiner Tiefe von ca. 40 Metern und
spektakul�rer Steilw�nde ein beliebtes Ziel von Tauchern, sowohl im Sommer wie im
Winter. Allerdings berge er auch seine Risiken gerade f�r Anf�nger, hatte
Tauchlehrer Michael Wagner, Tauchsportgruppe Olsberg, bei den Ungl�cken in 2007
betont. Die Tauchg�nge koordiniert ein privater Betreiber.
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Tote in ver�ngl�cktem Boot vor Phuket
Nach dem Bootsungl�ck vor der thail�ndischen Insel Phuket haben Taucher aus dem
Wrack des Schiffes vier weitere Leichen geborgen, darunter offenbar auch die beiden
vermissten Schweizer. Zur Identit�t der Toten gab es jedoch widerspr�chliche
Angaben.
Laut der thail�ndischen Polizei wurden zwei Schweizer Staatsangeh�rige, ein
�sterreicher und ein Deutscher geborgen. Weiter vermisst w�rden ein japanischer
Tourist und ein Thail�nder. Das Schweizer Aussendepartement nahm keine Stellung zu
den Informationen. Das deutsche Aussenministerium geht nach allen bislang
vorliegenden Informationen davon aus, dass alle vier deutschen Touristen an Bord
des Ungl�ckschiffes gerettet wurden, wie ein Sprecher in Berlin sagte.
Bei dem als Deutschen identifizierten Opfer k�nnte es sich um eine Person aus
�sterreich handeln. Laut dem Aussenministerium in Wien wurden nach dem Ungl�ck vom
Sonntag zun�chst insgesamt drei Landsleute vermisst. Am Dienstag wurde demnach eine
51-J�hrige �sterreicherin in der N�he des Ungl�cksortes gefunden und von
Angeh�rigen identifiziert.
Das Ausflugsboot, �Choke Somboon�, war auf der R�ckfahrt von einem viert�gigen
Tauchausflug von den Similan-Inseln nach Phuket bei rauer See gekentert. An Bord
befanden sich 30 Menschen. 23 von ihnen �berlebten.
Die Polizei hatte zun�chst verlauten lassen, die Marine k�nne die Toten erst am
Donnerstag bergen, da sich das gesunkene Schiff mehr als 50 Meter unter der
Wasseroberfl�che befinde und der Zugang zum Wrack schwierig sei. (sda)
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Balsthal
Tragisches Ferienende f�r Balsthaler Paar
Nach dem Untergang eines Bootes mit Tauchtouristen vor der Insel Phuket werden noch
immer sechs Personen vermisst. Zwei davon sind Balsthaler. Die Hoffnung, sie noch
lebend zu finden, schwindet von Stunde zu Stunde.
Die �Phuket Gazette� gab am Dienstag unter Berufung auf die Polizei die Namen der
sechs noch vermissten Personen bekannt, welche seit einem Schiffsuntergang in der
Nacht von Sonntag auf Montag bei Phuket vermisst werden. Dabei handelt es sich um
zwei �sterreicher, einen Japaner, den thail�ndischen Schiffskoch und zwei
Schweizer. Diese beiden sind das aus Balsthal stammende Paar Sibylle B*. und Rolf
N*. Gefunden wurde am Dienstag eine weibliche Leiche. Abkl�rungen ergaben, dass es
sich um eine in M�nchen lebende �sterreicherin handelt. Die Beh�rden erkl�rten
zudem, dass diese Person keine Schwimmweste trug.
Gerettet wurden 23 der insgesamt 30 Anwesenden an Bord. Zu ihnen geh�ren die beiden
Balsthaler Reto V*. und Nicole A*. Sie beide stehen unter Schock, insbesondere weil
ihr Kollegen-P�rchen das Ungl�ck h�chstwahrscheinlich nicht �berlebt hat. Es ist zu
vermuten, dass Sibylle B. und Rolf N. im mit Wasser sich rasch f�llenden Boot
eingeschlossen wurden.
Die vier befreundeten Balsthaler waren vor rund drei Wochen zu ihren Thailand-
Ferien aufgebrochen. Wie weiter bekannt wurde, war unter den Geretteten auf dem
Boot ein ebenfalls aus Balsthal stammender Tauch-Instruktor, der in Phuket arbeitet
und der ein guter Bekannter der vier ist.
Schiff f�llte sich rasch mit Wasser
Der Kapit�n des Bootes, Chakri Leechuay, der zusammen mit 15 der Touristen und
sieben Crewmitgliedern gerettet werden konnte, berichtete der �Phuket Gazette� in
der Dienstags-Ausgabe, wie es zum tragischen Ungl�ck gekommen war: �Die
Wetterbedingungen waren vor dem Unfall ruhig, bis pl�tzlich ein heftiger Wirbel das
rund 30 Meter lange Boot etwa um 23 Uhr Ortszeit erfasste.�
Der Tornado-artige Wind habe das Boot stark herumgerissen, was wahrscheinlich den
Schiffsuntergang verursachte, so der Kapit�n. Kurz vorher habe er auf dem Radar
noch einen Wirbel in einer Entfernung von rund 3 Seemeilen geortet, doch zehn
Minuten sp�ter habe dieser Sturm das Boot getroffen. Zum Reagieren sei zu wenig
Zeit geblieben.
Einheimische Fischer h�tten dann der Marinepolizei geholfen, die insgesamt 23

�berlebenden, die in zwei Rettungsbooten bis etwa um 2 Uhr morgen ausharrten, zu
retten. Der Kapit�n, der �ber eine 20-j�hrige Schiffserfahrung verf�gt, erkl�rte
der �rtlichen Presse weiter, dass er w�hrend der R�ckkehr vom Tauch-Trip von den
Similan-Inseln mit schlechtem Wetter gerechnet habe.
Doch sei er �berzeugt gewesen, dass dieses Schiff, welches �brigens erst sechs
Monate alt war, gross genug sein w�rde, um ein Unwetter zu �berstehen. Noch nie sei
er im �brigen mit solch ungew�hnlichen Wetterbedingungen konfrontiert worden.
Wenig Hoffnung auf �berlebende
Die Suche nach den Vermissten geht unterdessen weiter. Bisher waren die Royal Thai
Navy und die eingesetzten Helikopter aber noch nicht erfolgreich. Ein
Polizeioffizier erkl�rte, dass Menschen, ausgestattet mit einer Schwimmweste, zwei
Tage ohne Trinkwasser auf dem Meer treibend �berleben k�nnten.
Die thail�ndischen Beh�rden gaben zudem bekannt, dass sie den �berlebenden
Touristen, denen die P�sse beim Ungl�ck verloren gegangen seien, unb�rokratisch die
R�ckreise in ihre Heimat erm�glichten. (mz/frb/dge)
*Namen der Redaktion bekannt.

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Live aboard sinks. 7 divers missing
MV Dive Asia I sank on the 8th of March in a storm at around 11pm on the way back
from the Similan Islands to Phuket. One found dead.
03-10-2009
23 guests and crew were able to get into the life rafts and have safely returned to
Phuket. 7 people are still missing and a search in the area was conducted today and
will continue on Tuesday morning.
Six tourists and a local Thai man were missing on Monday after a diving boat sank
overnight near the Similan Islands, a popular scuba-diving destination in the
Andaman Sea.
A total of 30 people were on board the boat at the time, and Thai fishing boats
picked up 23 survivors on Monday morning.
But three Austrians, two Germans, a Japanese and a Thai man are still unaccounted
for.
It has been reported that an Australian was among those rescued.
"We're still searching for the missing," Marine Police Lieutenant Colonel Wanlop
Phuangbaka said, with the search expected to continue into Tuesday. However, all
life rafts have now been accounted for.
The survivors, 15 foreign tourists and eight Thai staff, were found drifting at sea
after the boat sank en route from the Similan Islands to Phuket Island, about 22km
offshore of Phuket.
According to one survivor's account, the boat was caught up in a sudden storm, hit
by three waves and capsized.
Those picked up from the sea were reported to be well, with only sunburn and
scratches as injuries.
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Further reading:
Boat sinks near Phuket, tourists missing
Source: Dive Asia
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Schweizer lagen tot im Ungl�cks-Wrack

16:55 | 11.03.2009
BANGKOK � Nach dem Bootsunfall vor der thail�ndischen Insel Phuket haben Taucher
vier weitere Tote gefunden. Offenbar sind auch die beiden vermissten Schweizer
dabei.
Helfer bergen nach dem t�dlichen Ungl�ck eine Leiche. (Keystone)
Ein Boot kenterte am vergangenen Sonntag bei rauer See auf der R�ckfahrt nach
Phuket von einem viert�gigen Tauchausflug bei den Similan-Inseln. An Bord befanden
sich 30 Menschen. 23 von ihnen konnten gerettet werden. Unter ihnen auch der
Schweizer Tauchlehrer Daniel Brunner (Blick.ch berichtete).
Als vermisst galten zun�chst jedoch weiter zwei Schweizer, zwei �sterreicher, ein
Japaner und ein Einheimischer.
Gestern barg die Marine schliesslich eine tote Frau in der N�he des Ungl�ckortes.
Laut dem Aussenministerium in Wien handelt es sich um eine �sterreichische
Touristin. Angeh�rige h�tten die Frau identifiziert, sagte ein Sprecher des
Aussenministeriums.
Jetzt wurden weitere Vermisste tot geborgen: Im Wrack des gesunkenen Ausflugsboots
entdeckten Taucher die Leichen von vier Menschen. Laut der thail�ndischen Polizei
handelt es sich dabei um die beiden Schweizer, Sybille B.* und Rolf N.*, einen
�sterreicher sowie einen Deutschen.
Das deutsche Aussenministerium geht nach allen bislang vorliegenden Informationen

jedoch davon aus, dass alle vier deutschen Touristen an Bord des Ungl�ckschiffes
gerettet wurden, wie ein Sprecher in Berlin sagte.
Bei dem als Deutschen identifizierten Opfer k�nnte es sich um einen der vermissten
�sterreicher handeln. Laut dem Aussenministerium in Wien wurden nach dem Ungl�ck
n�mlich zun�chst insgesamt drei Landsleute vermisst.
Das Eidgen�ssische Departement f�r ausw�rtige Angelegenheiten (EDA) nahm �ber den
Verbleib der vermissten Schweizer keine Stellung. (SDA/noo)
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Der Schweizer Tauchlehrer Daniel Brunner erlebte das Boots-Drama vor Thailand
hautnah mit. Im BLICK erz�hlt er, wie schnell alles ging.
Sonntagabend, 18.30 Uhr. Die �MV Dive Asia 1� verl�sst das Tauchparadies rund um
die thail�ndischen Similan-Inseln. Kurs Phuket. Die See ist ruhig. Auf Deck des
luxuri�sen Tauchschiffs wird Dinner serviert. Getrunken wird wenig. H�chstens ein
Bierchen. Meist nur Softdrinks.
Die 30 Personen an Bord am�sieren sich, erz�hlen von Tauch-Abenteuern. Darunter die
Schweizer Reto V*., Nicole A*., Rolf N*. und Sybille B*. W�hrend des Tauchtrips hat
sie ihr Freund Daniel Brunner betreut. Er arbeitet als Tourleiter f�r Dive Asia.
Lebt seit zehn Jahren in Thailand.
Brunner und seine Schweizer Freunde tauchen schon lange zusammen. Auch in Schweizer
Seen.
Gegen 21.30 Uhr gehen Reto und Nicole in ihre Kabine. Sie sind m�de. Daniel, Rolf
und Sybille bleiben. Um 22.15 Uhr gehen auch sie unter Deck. Die See ist ruhig.
�Ungef�hr um Viertel vor elf begann das Schiff zu schaukeln, das Meer wurde sehr
unruhig�, sagt Daniel Brunner zu BLICK.
Er geht aufs Deck. Der Wind peitscht, hat fast Orkanst�rke. Es donnert. Das Wasser
fliegt. Brunner geht runter. Wellen schlagen gegen die Schiffswand.
�Nach einem dumpfen Schlag kippte das Schiff auf Steuerbord. Ich fiel in der Kabine
hin, wartete, bis sich das Schiff aufrichtet.� Vergebens. Instinktiv hangelt er
sich zum Kabinenfenster, �ffnet es und zw�ngt sich raus. Dunkle Nacht.
Das Schiff hat stark Schlagseite, liegt fast zur H�lfte im Wasser. Daniel und
weitere Personen stehen auf der �usseren Schiffswand. Der Schweizer macht eine der
zwei Rettungsinseln bereit. Brunner: �Ich war mit der Rettungsinsel besch�ftigt.
Pl�tzlich war das Schiff weg. Nach einer Minute war unser Boot gesunken!�
Neun weitere Personen schaffen es in die Rettungsinsel. Die verf�gt �ber ein
Blinklicht und Leuchtpistolen. �Ich habe das Meer abgesucht.� Zwischen den Wellen
sieht Brunner ein Blinken. �Wir paddelten mit blossen H�nden hin.� Es sind Nicole
und Reto mit Schwimmringen � drei weitere �berlebende an sie angebunden.
Sie ziehen sie rein. Halten weiter Ausschau. F�nf Minuten sind seit dem Untergang
der �MV Dive Asia 1� vergangen. Die Wellen noch zwei Meter hoch. �500 Meter
entfernt war ein weiteres Blinken.� Die zweite Rettungsboje. Einer der Tauchguides
springt ins Wasser, schwimmt Richtung Boje. 30 Minuten sp�ter sind die
Rettungsinseln miteinander vert�ut.
�45 Minuten nach dem Untergang hat sich die See beruhigt. Es war unheimlich�, sagt
Brunner. Sie treiben, warten auf Rettung. Im Morgengrauen sehen sie zwei
Segelboote. Sie feuern Leuchtraketen ab. Keine Reaktion. �Sie schliefen wohl und
hatten den Autopiloten drin.�
Fischer retten Brunner und 22 weitere Personen am Montag, 10 Uhr Lokalzeit. An Land
l�sst er sich von der Polizei auf der Liste der �berlebenden registrieren. Sybille
und Rolf sind nicht drauf. Bis heute nicht.
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16:28 | 09.03.2009
PHUKET � Vor der Ferieninsel Phuket ist ein Taucherboot gesunken. An Bord waren
auch zwei Schweizer Touristen.
In Thailand werden nach einem Taucherbootunfall sieben Menschen vermisst. Unter

ihnen befinden sich laut Polizeiangaben zwei Schweizer und zwei �sterreichische
Touristen, ein deutscher und ein japanischer Tourist sowie ein Besatzungsmitglied.
Zwei Vermisste hatten als Wohnort �sterreich angegeben, doch konnten die
Botschaften ihre Nationalit�t nicht sofort kl�ren, sagte J�rgen Schenker, einer der
beiden Manager der Tauchschule Dive Asia in Phuket.
Auch das Eidg. Departement f�r ausw�rtige Angelegenheiten (EDA) �hat noch keine
gesicherten Erkenntnisse�, sagte Sprecher Georg Farago auf Anfrage. Laut einem
Blick.ch-Leser, der anonym belieb will, waren insgesamt f�nf Schweizer Taucher auf
dem Boot.
�Es ging alles so schnell�
�Das Boot war auf dem R�ckweg von einer viert�gigen Tauchsafari�, berichtete
Schenker. �Nach Auskunft der �berlebenden geriet es am sp�ten Sonntagabend auf
halber Strecke zwischen den Similan-Inseln und Phuket pl�tzlich in einen Sturm.�
Das Boot, die �Choke Somboon�, sei von der Seite von zwei, drei Wellen gepackt
worden und gekentert.
�Es ging alles so schnell, berichteten die �berlebenden. Keiner weiss, was mit den
Vermissten passiert ist.� Intern war das Boot nach Auskunft von Schenker als �Dive
Asia 1� bekannt. Die Webseite der Firma preist es als �luxuri�ses Flaggschiff� mit
klimatisierten Doppelkabinen, Salon, Bar, Multimedia Center und grossem Liegedeck.
Fischer retteten �berlebende
Das Schiff hatte nach Angaben der Seepolizei um kurz vor Mitternacht ein Notsignal
ausgesendet. Dann brach der Funkkontakt ab. Fischer fanden die �berlebenden am
Montagmorgen auf Rettungsinseln im Meer treibend.
Sie waren nach Angaben von Schenker ausser Sonnenbr�nden und ein paar Kratzern
unverletzt. Die Suche nach den Vermissten geht nach Angaben der Seepolizei am
Dienstag weiter. Allerdings sind alle Rettungsinseln, die das Schiff an Bord hatte,
bereits gefunden worden.
Dive Asia wurde nach Angaben von Schenker 1988 von Deutschen auf Phuket gegr�ndet.
Es habe noch nie einen Unfall erlebt. Die Similan-Inseln liegen in einem Marine-
Nationalpark etwa 22 Kilometer von Phuket entfernt. Sie geh�ren zu den beliebtesten
Zielen f�r Sporttaucher in Thailand (SDA)
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Dossier: Top-Thema des Jahres 1977
Nr. 155 vom 07.07.1977, Seite 22
Vier Taucher tot?
Auf tragische Weise endete die Suche zweier Tauchlehrer aus Ravensburg nach ihren
beiden Kameraden, die seit Sonntag bei Konstanz im Bodensee vermi�t werden. Die
Tauchlehrer wurden In 60 Meter Wassertiefe von einer Rettungsmannschaft tot
aufgefunden. Ihre Leichen hingen am Seilende einer Markierungsboje. Warum die
M�nner ums Leben kamen, ist bisher nicht gekl�rt. Sie galten als erfahrene Taucher.
Von ihren vermi�ten Kameraden fehlt jede Spur. (dpa)
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Leiche am Wochenende im Starnberger See entdeckt
Taucher tot geborgen
(PR-inside.com 26.03.2007 14:33:58) - Taucher der Bereitschaftspolizei haben am
Montag einen seit 18.
M�rz vermissten Taucher tot bei Allmannshausen aus dem Starnberger
See geborgen. Nach Polizeiangaben war die Leiche des 46-J�hrigen
bereits am Wochenende von einem zivilen Taucher in 67 Metern Tiefe
gefunden und mit einer Boje markiert worden.
Allmannshausen (ddp-bay). Taucher der Bereitschaftspolizei haben am Montag einen

seit 18. M�rz vermissten Taucher tot bei Allmannshausen aus dem Starnberger See
geborgen. Nach Polizeiangaben war die Leiche des 46-J�hrigen bereits am Wochenende
von einem zivilen Taucher in 67 Metern Tiefe gefunden und mit einer Boje markiert
worden. Eine Obduktion und die Untersuchung der Tauchausr�stung des Verungl�ckten
durch einen Gutachter sollen Aufschluss auf die Ursache des Unfalls geben. Der Mann
aus Schwaben hatte in Berg an einem Spezialkurs f�r Tieftauchen teilgenommen. Als
es in einer Tiefe von etwa 33 Metern zu Schwierigkeiten kam, brach der Tauchlehrer
den Tauchgang ab. An der Wasseroberfl�che stellten die Kursteilnehmer das Fehlen
des Tauchers fest. (ddp)
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Gunten: Vermisster Taucher tot geborgen
pkb. Der seit letzten Samstag im Thunersee bei Gunten vermisste Taucher konnte am
Freitag tot geborgen werden.
Am Samstag, 10. Mai 2003 muss ein Taucher im sogenannten �Entenegge� bei Gunten
allein zu einem Tauchgang aufgebrochen sein. Erste Abkl�rungen ergaben, dass der
erfahrene Sporttaucher offenbar Opfer eines Tauchunfalls geworden war. Die
eingeleitete Suche gestaltete sich als schwierig, da der betreffende Tauchplatz
unter Wasser Steilw�nde aufweist, welche in Tiefen �ber 100 Meter f�hren. Eine
weitere Suchaktion fand unter Mithilfe des Kameraschiffes der Seepolizei der
Kantonspolizei Z�rich statt
Am Freitag Morgen, 16. Mai 2003 konnte der Taucher etwa 100 Meter vom Ufer entfernt
in einer Tiefe von etwa 90 Metern von der Unterwasserkamera geortet und kurze Zeit
darauf tot geborgen werden. Beim Opfer handelt es sich um einen 43-j�hrigen Mann
aus dem Kanton Solothurn.
Unfallhergang und Todesursache sind noch nicht gekl�rt und Gegenstand der laufenden
Ermittlungen.
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Injured Elliott Bay scuba diver dies in hospital
SEATTLE, Washington (10 Mar 2009) � The diver who was taken to Harborview Medical
Center after a scuba diving accident in Seattle's Elliott Bay has died.
Authorities told CDNN the scuba diving accident victim, whose name has not yet been
released, was pronounced dead soon after he was taken to hospital.
On March 6 CDNN reported that the man was pulled from the water unconscious at a
popular Elliott Bay scuba diving site.
Paramedics who responded to a 911 call said the victim was "unresponsive".
Last November, a scuba diving accident in the same area killed 30-year-old Duy
Tran.
Tran, who was in a coma for six days before he died, left behind a wife and two
young children.
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Dive boat propeller kills Malaysia tourist diver
PULAU TIOMAN, Malaysia (10 Mar 2009) � A tourist who was scuba diving off Pulau
Tioman died after she was hit by a dive boat propeller.
Go Ayaka, 29, a Japanese national who works as an accountant in Singapore, had

completed her second dive of the day at Malang Rock off the northwest coast of
Pulau Tioman when the accident occurred.
Witnesses said Ayaka was still in the water next to the dive boat when one of the
crew started the boat's engine.
Ayaka suffered severe cuts to her neck, chest and shoulder, and bled to death
despite efforts by a divemaster working for the dive boat operator to save her.
Deputy district police chief Assistant Superintendent Zainul Mujahidin Mat Yudin
said the victim's body was taken to Mersing Hospital.
Police are investigating the accident and a post-mortem examination will be

performed.
The dive boat operator declined to comment about the fatal accident and why the
vessel's engine was started while a customer was still in the water.
Propeller accidents on the rise
Accidents in which scuba divers are hit by boat propellers are increasing at
popular scuba diving destinations around the world.
Divers who are hit by boats, including vessels operated by scuba diving companies,
often suffer severe injuries or death.
Last June another scuba diver in Malaysia died at Pulau Dayang after he was hit by
a boat propeller.
In July 2004, also in Malaysia, a boat hit and killed a young British tourist who
was snorkeling off Redang.
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Malaysia dive boat captain could be prosecuted for death of British snorkeler
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by MARTIN WAINWRIGHT
REDANG ISLAND, Malaysia (27 July 2004) -- Police in Malaysia are considering
prosecuting the driver of a boat which hit and killed a British holidaymaker as she
snorkelled with her brother in search of turtles.
The body of Joanna Stillwell, 23, the daughter of a geography professor at Leeds
University, was flown home yesterday as her family paid tribute to her "incredible
zest for life".
Police on the island of Redang, one of the richest marine nature reserves in the
far east, are interviewing holidaymakers and local people to try to establish if
the boat had strayed into a prohibited area.
Initial reports suggested that Ms Stillwell, who had woken up early to look for
turtles she had seen the day before, may have drifted 15 metres (50ft) beyond the
protected zone into the path of the boat. Officials said this would not rule out
legal action.
Ms Stillwell's parents, John and Janet Stillwell, were also on the three-week
holiday with their son, Nicholas, 18.
Ms Stillwell had been on the way to meet her boyfriend in Thailand, but took time
out to join the family at the island, which attracts divers and snorkellers from
all over the world.
Her family flew home after the accident on Saturday to Guiseley, near Leeds, where
Ms Stillwell attended primary school and the local comprehensive, Guiseley school.
An advanced scuba diver, she had travelled across much of the far east and to
Australia after graduating from Sheffield University two years ago.
Her parents described her enthusiasm and vitality and the family's pleasure at
seeing her in Malaysia for the first time in more than a year. "She was a fantastic
girl, intelligent with an incredible zest for life," said Professor Stillwell.
"She had an incredible sense of humour and was the light of our lives. It's a life
cut short that had so much more to come.
"We worried about her when she was travelling but she always kept in touch with
family and friends via emails. It's ironic that she was with us when this awful
thing happened."
Her mother said the family would always be proud of her, recalling her passion for
travel and instinctive fondness for people.
She was also interested in nature and was fascinated by Redang's turtles and baby
sharks, which allowed swimmers and divers to come close.
Joanna Stillwell with her brother Nicholas on holiday in Malaysia the day before
she died.
Ms Stillwell died of injuries to her chest and legs from the boat's propeller in an
accident which happened "very quickly" and was not seen by her brother.
Prof Stillwell said: "I was in the hotel with Janet and was called to the scene by
my son. I was literally two minutes away.
"When I arrived, they had Joanna in the boat and I spent some time in the boat with
her. I believe she died in the water."
He added: "Joanna's brother gave a statement to police, but he didn't see the
accident. I think it happened very quickly. He was told something had happened and
told to get me as soon as possible."
The speedboat driver was named last night as Bharin Kamaruzzaman, 23. He hauled Ms
Stillwell's body on board after the collision, while Nicholas Stillwell swam to the
nearby shore to raise the alarm.
Ms Stillwell had been photographed the previous day, smiling on the beach with her
brother, on a digital camera which her parents have brought home.
The accident which killed her was similar to an incident which claimed the life of
the singer Kirsty MacColl.
The 41-year-old songwriter and performer died in December 2000 after being hit by a
speedboat while diving on holiday in Mexico.
Malaysia, which gained independence from Britain in 1957, has become a popular
tourist destination. And the island of Redang, which boasts 500 species of live
coral, more than a thousand species of invertebrates and almost 3,000 different
species of fish, including manta rays, stingrays, sharks and whale sharks, bills
itself as "a real heaven for divers" as well as underwater photographers.
SOURCE - Guardian
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Tourist dies scuba diving in Malaysia
by LUTHER MONROE - CDNN Safety News Editor
KUANTAN, Malaysia (17 Mar 2008) � A British woman on holiday at Malaysia's Tioman
Island died after a scuba diving accident.
Usha Vijh, 67, was scuba diving with a friend while her husband and another friend
looked on from a nearby jetty.
At about 3:15pm, Vijh's husband told police that his wife suddenly resurfaced and
started screaming for help.
Both the husband and the friend leaped into the water from the jetty, swam out to
the victim and brought her back to shore.
Despite attempts to revive the victim with CPR, she died at the scene of the
accident.
Authorities declined to provide further details about the fatal scuba diving
accident.
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Boat propeller kills scuba diver at Pulau Dayang
by LUTHER MONROE - CDNN Safety News Editor
PULAU DAYANG, Malaysia (8 June 2008) � Another diver has died after he was hit by a
boat propeller while scuba diving at Pulau Dayang.
Authorities have not yet released the name of the victim who was night diving with
five other student divers and two staff divers as part of his advanced scuba diving
course.
Witnesses said the victim suddenly ascended alone at about 8:40 pm and suffered
severe cuts on his head and both arms when a boat ran over him.
Other divers rescued the victim, brought him to shore and called for help as they
treated his injuries.
At about 9:10 pm, the victim was transferred to the Bluewater Express ferry, which
departed for Mersing Jetty, but he died about 10 minutes before the vessel arrived
at 11:45 pm.
According to unconfirmed reports, marine police refused to deploy a patrol vessel
to assist with the rescue attempt.
The accident is under investigation and a post-mortem examination will be

conducted.
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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23895749-2702,00.html
Dead diver's father speaks of anguish
June 20, 2008
Article from: The Australian
THE father of American diver Tina Watson has welcomed today's decision to charge
her husband with murder, saying the five years since her death have been
"excruciatingly painful''.
Ms Watson died during a dive with her husband, Alabama-based Gabe Watson, on their
honeymoon off the Queensland coast on October 22, 2003.
Townsville coroner David Glasgow today charged Watson, 31, with murder following an
inquest into the 26-year-old former model's death.
Mr Glasgow committed Mr Watson for trial in the Supreme Court in Townsville, on a

date to be fixed.
Queensland's Director of Public Prosecutions will now prepare a request for federal
Attorney-General Robert McClelland to present to US authorities to have Mr Watson
extradited to Australia.
Tina Watson's parents, Tommy and Cindy Thomas, watched the proceedings via
videolink from Alabama with her sister Alanda and two cousins.
The family cried and embraced as the coroner announced the charge.
Mr Thomas said this afternoon the finding and charge "validates our fears and our
beliefs concerning what happened on that day at the Yongala site to Tina''.
"It has been an excruciatingly painful process and the years and months that have
passed since losing our daughter, Tina, have been more than we could bear, at
times,'' Mr Thomas told AAP in an email from his home in the United States.
"Although this is the most positive step toward justice for Tina to date, we are
well aware there will be additional challenges to see the judicial process through
to a final result in a criminal trial.
"We are hopeful that the coroner's findings will result in expediting the process
toward that final result.''
Mr Thomas thanked Queensland police for their efforts in the investigation.
''(The investigation) can only be described as one of the most challenging

investigations on a truly global scale,'' he said.
"It is much more than just commendable, it is remarkable on a scale of effort

alone.''
He said over the past five years Australia had become ``such an important part of
our lives''.
AAP
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http://www.abendblatt.de/daten/2003/03/06/131296.html
Zweiter Taucher tot
Der Tauchunfall im Schweriner See hat ein zweites Todesopfer gefordert: Ein 34
Jahre alter Mann aus Hamburg starb am Dienstag in einem Schweriner Krankenhaus, wie
gestern bekannt wurde. Der Mann hatte seit dem Ungl�ck vor knapp zehn Tagen im Koma
gelegen. Eine 28 Jahre alte Taucherin war einen Tag nach dem Ungl�ck gestorben.
Insgesamt waren f�nf Taucher aus Hamburg durch ein Eisloch in den See eingestiegen.
HA
erschienen am 6. M�rz 2003

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SCHWARZE BR�CKE 08.09.2007
Tauchunfall im Attersee
Am Samstag ist vermutlich ein Taucher aus Tschechien im Attersee ertrunken. 40
Taucher suchten am Nachmittag nach dem Verschwundenen.
Der Taucher ist seit etwa 11.00 Uhr abg�ngig. Der Unfall
trug sich beim Weyregger Tauchpunkt "Schwarze Br�cke" zu, der durch seine Tiefe von
150 Metern bei Tauchern besonders beliebt ist.
Sollte die Suche in den n�chsten Stunden erfolglos bleiben, muss in den n�chsten
Tagen mit speziellen Kameras weitergesucht werden.
SEIT SAMSTAG VERMISST 09.09.2007

Schwierige Suche nach Taucher im Attersee
Die Suche nach dem im Attersee vermissten tschechischen Taucher war am
Sonntagnachmittag noch vergeblich. Eine Spezialkamera konnte wegen des starken
Wellengangs noch nicht eingesetzt werden.
Schwarze Br�cke
Seit Samstagnachmittag suchen bis zu 20 Taucher nach dem Verschwundenen, der bei
der "Schwarzen Br�cke" zwischen Weyregg und Steinbach in den Attersee stieg.
Der Tscheche war mit zwei Freunden im Attersee tauchen und hat sich wohl zu tief in
den See gewagt, wie Friedrich Kinast, Taucher der Feuerwehr Weyregg, vermutet.
Tiefenlimit unterschritten
Der vermisste Taucher d�rfte das Tiefenlimit von 40 Meter unterschritten haben, wie
Kinast vermutet: "Der gr��te Fehler ist, dass die Gegebenheiten des Attersees
v�llig untersch�tzt werden. Die Leute gehen zu tief."
"Unten haben wir einen K�lte von vier Grad, die Sicht ist sehr bescheiden, wenn da
der geringste Fehler passiert, f�hrt das zu panikartigen Reaktionen, und die gehen
sehr oft b�se aus."
Keine Spur
W�hrend seine zwei Tauchkameraden wieder an die Wasseroberfl�che kamen, fehlte von
dem Tschechen am Samstagnachmittag jede Spur.
Als der Taucher nach zwei Stunden, so lange d�rfte er ausreichend Sauerstoff bei
sich gehabt haben, nicht auftauchte, alarmierten seine Kameraden die Einsatzkr�fte.
"... dann ist man verloren"

Aber selbst wenn seine Freunde unter Wasser bei dem Mann geblieben w�ren, h�tte er
m�glicherweise keine Chance gehabt, sagt Friedrich Kinast: "Wenn man drei oder vier
Meter voneinander entfernt ist, hat man keine Chance mehr, sich gegenseitig zu
finden. In dieser Tiefe sollte man fast auf K�rperkontakt tauchen. Wenn man unten
ein Problem hat und es ist niemand da, der einem hilft, dann ist man verloren."
Warten auf Spezialkamera

Derzeit suchen immer noch 13 Taucher der Feuerwehr nach dem Tschechen.
Eine Spezialkamera, die im Attersee versenkt werden kann und bis zum tiefsten Punkt
in gut 150 Metern Tiefe abtaucht, konnte bisher noch nicht zum Einsatz kommen. Der
starke Wellengang verhindert die Aufnahmen.
Nun hoffen die Einsatzkr�fte, die Kamera am Abend versenken zu k�nnen, um dann vom
Boot aus �ber einen Monitor Aufnahmen aus den Tiefen des Attersee zu bekommen.
Weiterer Tauchunfall am Attersee

W�hrend bei der Schwarzen Br�cke die Suchaktion nach dem vermissten Taucher l�uft,
gab es in Steinbach am Attersee einen weiteren Zwischenfall. Eine Frau war bei
einem Tauchgang in Panik geraten und tauchte zu schnell auf. Sie musste in das
Krankenhaus Traunstein geflogen werden.
SCHWARZE BR�CKE 10.09.2007

41-j�hriger Taucher tot aus Attersee geborgen
Der Taucher, der seit Samstag im Attersee gesucht wurde, konnte nur noch tot
geborgen werden. Der Tscheche war nach einem Tauchgang mit drei Freunden nicht mehr
aufgetaucht.
Zwei Tage nach Mann gesucht

Es war eine Kamera, mit deren Hilfe die Feuerwehrtaucher aus Weyregg den Vermissten
finden konnten. Zwei Tage suchten je 30 Taucher nach dem Tschechen.
Der 41-J�hrige konnte schlie�lich nur mehr tot geborgen werden.
Am Samstag war er mit drei Freunden im Bereich der

Schwarzen Br�cke getaucht. Statt der vereinbarten 40 Meter war er 55 Meter tief
getaucht.
Zwischenfall w�hrend der Suche

Auch bei der Suche war es zu einem Zwischenfall gekommen: Ein Feuerwehrtaucher
bekam nach dem Tauchgang Probleme und musste in eine Spezialklinik gebracht werden.
Der Feuerwehrtaucher ist bereits auf dem Weg der Besserung.

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Royal Navy Taucher tot
Abgesandt von Oli am 17.09.2001 - 22:17:
Bei einer �bung vor der westschottischen K�ste hat ein Bergetaucher der Royal Navy
in 82m Tiefe mit seinem Carleton Mk16-Rebreather Probleme bekommen. Er schaltete
zwar noch um auf den offenen Gaskreislauf und begann mit seinem Buddy den Aufstieg,
jedoch machte er nicht wie vorgesehen am Notatemger�t auf 42m halt, sondern stieg
weiter zur Oberfl�che auf. Nachdem sein Buddy endlich weiter aufsteigen konnte,
fand er ihn bereits tot unter dem Tauchfahrzeug verhakt. Eine erste Untersuchung
ergab, da� der Gasvorrat des offenen Notsystems am Tauchger�t bereits leergeatmet
war.
Der Tauchgang sollte ua. dazu dienen, Tauchtabellen zu erproben.
Eine Untersuchung des Todesfalles ist noch am laufen.
Antwort von Der Diveraider am 07.10.2001 - 22:32

Auch wenn es konservativ klingt:
Immer beim Tauchpartner bleiben und gemeinsam aufsteigen. Der Tauchpartner hatte
vielleicht noch Luft in der Flasche und h�tte ihm unter dem Tauchboot aus der
Klemme helfen k�nnen.
Aber hatte und h�tte helfen ihm leider auch nicht mehr. Vielleicht aber andere...
Antwort von Reinhard am 09.10.2001 - 21:43

Wer im Bereich Kreislauftauchen ausgebildet ist,wei� das hier unterschiedliche
Faktoren zu Unf�llen f�hren k�nnen. Nun sind ja die Jungs von der Royal Navy keine
Amateure und schon garnicht die ,die jenseits der 40 mtr.Unternehmungen starten.Wer
das MK 16 oder �hnliches Ger�t kennt,wei� das z.B. Stromausfall die Elektronik
lahmlegen kann sodas sie O2 Sensoren nichts mehr anzeigen oder ein Wassereinbruch
im Atemkalk in 80 mtr tiefe dann auch nicht mehr witzig ist.Die Bailoutsysteme sind
ebend nur f�r den Notaufstieg gedacht.Da kommt dann eins zum anderen.Ein Unfall ist
ebend die Verkettung von ungl�cklichen Umst�nden. Ob die Jungs in der Tiefe und dem
Stress dann noch zu Wechselatmung f�hig gewesen w�ren ist eine Frage der
Ausbildung.Ebenso die Sicherstellung der Notsysteme oder Rettungstaucher mu� bei
solchen Aktionen funktionieren,wovon ich hier ausgehe.
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http://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/13/world/dead-diver-from-north-puts-seoul-on-
alert.html?pagewanted=print
July 13, 1998
Dead Diver From North Puts Seoul on Alert
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
South Korean military commanders put troops on the country's eastern coast on alert
today and declared a curfew in the area after finding the body of a diver who they
said was a North Korean commando.
The diver, whose body apparently washed up on the beach, was carrying a Czech-made
submachine gun, a hand grenade, radio transmission gear and an underwater camera,
the military said. Nearby, investigators found a cone-shaped aluminum submersible
boat that could carry up to five commandos.
''Judging from the objects found, it has been proven that the dead diver was an
armed infiltrator,'' said Kang Jung Kwon, a Defense Ministry spokesman.
If further investigation backs that up -- and if other armed North Korean

infiltrators are caught -- a result could be serious new antagonisms between North
and South Korea. More broadly, the incursion could be a major setback for efforts
to engage the Stalinist state in the North and bring it out of its isolation.
South Korea's President, Kim Dae Jung, has pushed a ''sunshine'' policy intended to
build ties with the North and ease sanctions against it. But that is proving
difficult to promote because of evidence that North Korea is still sending armed
commandos into the South.
Just last month, a furor erupted when a South Korean fisherman caught a North
Korean submarine in his drift net. The North Korean commandos on board apparently
killed the crew and then themselves, but South Korean officials said that some of
the commandos had recently been on South Korean soil.
That incident aroused only limited outrage in the South, in part because the
submarine was 12 miles offshore when it was caught in the net. North Korea said it
had lost power and suggested that it had drifted south.
A much more serious episode occurred when a North Korean submarine ran aground on
the South Korean coast in October 1996 and 19 crew members and commandos slipped
ashore. Some 70,000 South Korean troops were deployed to hunt them down, and in the
end all the North Koreans were killed or committed suicide except one who was
captured and another who was never found.
That incident nearly destroyed efforts to promote peace on the Korean peninsula,
and it also led to strains in relations between South Korea and the United States
as officials argued about how to handle the crisis.
The body discovered this morning was found by a South Korean man walking along the
beach near the city of Tonghae, 110 miles east of Seoul. The dead diver was wearing
a wet suit, goggles and two oxygen tanks.
Defense Ministry doctors examined the body and said that the man had died of a
heart attack and had been dead between 24 and 48 hours.
North Korea had no immediate comment on the discovery of the diver. In the past it
has denied that it engages in armed infiltration.
Some overseas Koreans sympathetic to the North have said that infiltrators are the
only means the North has of gathering military intelligence. The South can get
intelligence from satellite pictures, they say, while the North has to send in
commandos.
South Korea has military bases in the area, and there are sure to be intensive
efforts to track down any other spies who might have been with the one who died.
The obvious question is why North Korea would risk another humiliation by sending
commandos to the South, particularly so soon after its submarine was snared in the
net.
Lee Jong Chan, head of South Korea's intelligence agency, warned last week that the
North might step up spying and terrorism against the South in the next couple of
months before the inauguration of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Il, as his
country's President. Mr. Lee had said that North Korean agencies would redouble
efforts against the South in a show of loyalty to Mr. Kim.
While North Korea has not formally announced that Mr. Kim will become President,
the betting is that he will be chosen in August or September. Just today, North
Korea announced that he had accepted a nomination for the Supreme People's
Assembly, an apparent step toward assuming the presidency.
Another theory that some North Korea experts have offered is that the North Korean
leadership, or at least elements within it, are embarrassed by the South's efforts
to promote peace. Only if hard-liners prevail in the South, so the argument goes,
will the North have a good scapegoat for its closed-door policy with the South and
for its own economic mess.
So, according to that theory, some elements in the North Korean forces may be just
as happy if an incursion causes rage in the South and harder-line policies toward
the North.
A final explanation is simply that North Korea infiltrates spies all the time, and
that lately it has simply had bad luck in getting caught.
Map of South Korea shows location of Tonghae: A diver's body was found on a beach
near the city of Tonghae.
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Tauchunfall am Cospudener See
Kategorie: News+Veranstaltungen, Cospudener See
Erstmals seit Er�ffnung des Cospudener Sees passierte ein Tauchunfall mit
Todesfolge
Ein ca. 50 Jahre alter Mann, der mit Partner am Vormittag des 21.03. zu einem
Tauchgang an der Einstiegsstelle des Cospudner Sees nahe des Pier1 aufbrach, konnte
nur noch tot aus dem See geborgen werden.
Obwohl Hubschrauber der Polizei und der ADAC-Luftrettung schnell zur Stelle waren
und auch die Feuerwehr Markkleeberg ihr Einsatzboot gegen Mittag vor Ort hatte, kam
f�r den dann schon seit ca. 45 Minuten vermissten Taucher jede Hilfe zu sp�t. Die
Taucherstaffel des DLRG fand den Vermissten innerhalb des Taucheinstiegs-Korridors
unweit der Stelle, an dem sein Partner ihn verloren hatte.
Es war der erste t�dliche Unfall eines Tauchers am ansonsten bisher sehr sicheren
Einstieg des Cospudener Sees, der seit 2000 existiert. Taucher m�ssen sich vor
jedem Tauchgang an der Tauchschule Kamski am Pier1 anmelden, informieren und
nachweisen, dass sie wie vorgeschrieben mindestens zu zweit ihren Tauchgang
absolvieren. Durch schlechte Sicht oder unvorhergesehene Verschlechterungen des
Gesundheitszustandes eines Partners unter Wasser bleibt jedoch immer ein
Restrisiko.
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22.03.2009 | 18:05 Uhr
52-j�hriger Taucher im Cospudener See gestorben
Leipzig (ddp-lsc) Ein 52-j�hriger Taucher ist im Cospudener See bei Leipzig ums
Leben gekommen Die Ermittler gehen nach Polizeiangaben vom Sonntag von einem Unfall
aus.
Leipzig (ddp-lsc). Ein 52-j�hriger Taucher ist im Cospudener See bei Leipzig ums
Leben gekommen. Die Ermittler gehen nach Polizeiangaben vom Sonntag von einem
Unfall aus. Es gebe bislang keine Hinweise auf eine Straftat.
Nachdem der Mann am Samstagmittag als vermisst gemeldet worden war, nahmen
Feuerwehr, Polizei und Helfer der Deutschen Lebens-Rettungs-Gesellschaft (DLRG) die
Suche auf. Dabei kam auch ein Polizeihubschrauber zum Einsatz. Etwa zwei Stunden
nach der Vermisstenmeldung wurde der Mann leblos auf dem See treibend gefunden. Ein
Arzt konnte nur noch den Tod feststellen.
ddp/tmo/mwa Url zum Artikel: http://www.ad-hoc-news.de/52-jaehriger-taucher-im-
cospudener-see-gestorben--/de/Politik/20122162
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Tauchunfall: 52-J�hriger kommt im Cospudener See ums Leben
Leipzig. Beim Tauchen ist ein 52-J�hriger am Sonnabend im Cospudener See ums Leben
gekommen. "Der Mann wurde uns um 11.50 Uhr von seinem Tauchpartner als vermisst
gemeldet", sagte Hauptkommissar Steffen Manzke von der Polizeidirektion Westsachsen
gegen�ber LVZ-Online.
Die beiden Wassersportler waren am Vormittag gemeinsam hinter dem Pier 1 in den See
gestiegen. Nachdem der 52-J�hrige zehn Minuten nach seinem Kameraden immer noch
nicht an Land war, w�hlte der zweite Taucher den Notruf.
Manzke zufolge waren neben der Feuerwehr Markkleeberg auch ein Hubschrauber mit
einer W�rmebildkamera und Taucher der Deutschen Lebensrettungsgesellschaft (DLRG)
im Einsatz. Den leblosen K�rper haben dann Helfer gegen 14 Uhr in sieben Metern
Tiefe entdeckt und geborgen, teilte die DLRG mit.
Zum Thema:
Fotos von der Suche
Lutz Kamski, der eine Tauchschule am Cospudener See betreibt, kannte den
verungl�ckten Mann. "Er war sehr erfahren", sagte Kamski am Samstagabend gegen�ber
LVZ-Online. Weiter will er sich derzeit zu dem Fall nicht �u�ern und zun�chst die
Untersuchungen der Polizei abwarten.
Nach Angaben Manzkes soll der Leichnam jetzt in der Rechtsmedizin obduziert werden.
Au�erdem werde die Tauchausr�stung des Opfers �berpr�ft. "Erst danach k�nnen wir
etwas zur Ursache sagen", so der Hauptkommissar.
Matthias Roth, LVZ-Online

� LVZ-Online, 22.03.2009, 21:47 Uhr
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cospundener-see.html##
Taucher (52) verungl�ckt Todes-Drama im Cospudener See!
Von ANGELA WITTIG
Der Cospudener See hat sich sein erstes Opfer geholt. Helge R. (52) tauchte nicht
wieder auf, konnte nur noch tot geborgen werden.
Vergr��ern
Reinhard Gr�fe von der Tauchschule �Delphin� zeigt den Regler, der an einer
Sauerstoffflasche vereisen kann
Sonnabend Vormittag, nahe des Z�bigker Hafens. Der Stuttgarter bricht hinter dem
Pier 1 mit einem Freund zu einem Tauchgang auf. Unter Wasser verlieren sie sich aus
den Augen. Der Freund kehrt an Land zur�ck. Als Helge R. zehn Minuten sp�ter immer
noch nicht aufgetaucht ist, w�hlt der Mann um 11.50 Uhr den Notruf.
ADAC-Luftrettung, Polizeihubschrauber mit W�rmebildkamera, Markkleeberger Feuerwehr

und Taucher der Deutschen Lebensrettungsgesellschaft (DLRG) r�cken an. Gegen 14 Uhr
wird es dann traurige Gewissheit: DLRG-Helfer finden den leblosen Taucher in sieben
Metern Tiefe. Nur rund 30 Meter vom rettenden Ufer entfernt...
Es ist der erste t�dliche Tauchunfall, seit das Naherholungsgebiet Cospudener See
zur Expo 2000 eingeweiht wurde.
Warum der als erfahren geltende Taucher starb, ist noch unklar.
Polizeihauptkommissar Thomas Faust: �Wir gehen nach ersten Ermittlungen nicht von
einer Straftat aus. Die Leiche wird zur genauen Kl�rung der Todesursache obduziert.
Das Tauchger�t wurde sichergestellt.�
Dabei k�nnte sich herausstellen, dass im nur rund 3 Grad kalten Wasser ein Ventil
in seinem Lungenautomaten vereiste, der Mann pl�tzlich keine Luft mehr bekam und in
Panik geriet.
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Diver Dies at Bondi Beach
On Saturday 5 February 2000, at approximately 9am, a total of 10 divers
(probably eight paying customers and two "dive masters") gathered at an Eastern
Suburbs dive shop for a shore dive. The divers appear to have nearly all been
inexperienced and mostly tourists, including at least two English tourists and two
Singaporeans. It is not clear whether all hired gear from the shop but certainly a
few did. After paying their fee of $55 (which is a bit steep for gear hire and a
shore dive!), they travelled the short distance to the world famous Bondi Beach
where they planned to dive North Bondi (or as the dive shop called it, Ben Buckler
Point). For information on this dive site see my North Bondi page.
The dive was being escorted by "two instructors" according to some media reports
although it really appears that there was one dive master and one female trainee
dive master, that is, a normal diver (according to the Sydney Morning Herald on 12
February 2000). No indication was given of their experience, but the dive master
was Paul Griffith who was 26 years old and said to be experienced (no indication
what this means but in my experience, this can mean as little as 50 dives). The
trainee dive master was Sonia Greoseot.
The group included 44 year old English tourist Peter Russell, another English
tourist, 24 year old Nicky Breen, Niall Bird from Sydney, Ong Chye Ong and his wife
Tan Bee Thing from Singapore and a Bondi woman (this may have been the trainee dive
master). Ms Breen had learnt to dive in Thailand, one report stated that she did a
British Sub Aqua Club course (BSAC) but I find this unlikely as these courses take
months to complete and very unlikely that BSAC even runs courses in Thailand. It
was stated that her temporary certification card had expired and a lot was made of
this by newspapers, although I personally see no problem so long as some
clarification was gained by the shop renting her equipment that she was who she
said she was. It was also reported that she had previosuly completed two dives
(these may have been course dives) and that this dive was a Christmas present from
her boyfriend (who, I believe, later on the night of 22 to 23 June 2000, survived a
fatal fire in a backpackers hostel in Childers, Queensland that killed 15 people).
It was reported that Ms Sheen had a weight belt with 15lbs. If she was using an
aluminium tank and a 5 mm wetsuit, this would probably have been a bit overweighted
(based on a photo of her in the papers and knowledge of weight needed by similar
sized females). However, I have been informed by two very, very reliable "official"
sources that she was using a steel tank and a 3 mm wetsuit. This would have made
her at least 8lb overweight and more likely 12lbs. More about this later. Mr Bird
had done about 25 dives.
The weather that day was very hot, about 35�C, with a strong north-easterly sea
breeze blowing (which would affect the sea action on most of the dive site).
Australian mystery author and former toughman actor, Bob Barrett (who I used to
know many years ago when he was a barman) was quoted in the Sunday Telegraph on 7
February 2000 as stating that he had stopped snorkelling earlier after deciding
that the sea conditions were too rough. "I would not go out there on a day like
today" he said.
The normal dive here starts at a point right below the the carpark, to the west of
the huge "Mermaid" rock and in really calm seas, if you are experienced, you can
enter from a spot further around to the north from the rock. The normal exit is a
small boat ramp to the right of the carpark. However, the seas must be calm. Under
no circumstances would you enter the water anywhere else but these locations as
even if the boat ramp was used, the swim out would be long and dive not very good.
You would certainly not enter the water at the beach. From the normal dive spot,
the maximum depth I have ever reached (remembering that I have 1740+ dives
experience, am very good on my air consumption and that I have always exited the
water at the boat ramp), is about 14 to 15 metres. From the alternate entry, you
can reach 21 metres but you need to swim almost constantly to get to the ramp
without running out of air.
In any case, the group commenced the actual dive at 1045. According to the newpaper
reports (see references), one of the group, Peter Russell, stated that the group
snorkelled from the beach to the dive location. This would mean that they must have
left the beach at about 1030 to 1040. If this is correct, then it indicates either
that the seas were too rough to enter the water from the rocks or the people
running the dive were not knowledgeable as to the best way to dive this location.
It is a long (and I mean long), swim out to the dive site from the beach. As
indicated, they apparently snorkelled out from the beach to the headland. It may
even be possible that Ms Sheen used her regulator rather than her snorkel, thus
wasting valuable air.
A printout from Mr Bird's Aladin dive computer (later versions of these computers
can be downloaded to a PC and give a graph of dive time versus depth) shows that
they descended (at 1045) to about six metres and stayed roughly at this depth for
about six minutes (1051). For the next four minutes he gradually got deeper to
about 10 metres (1055) before rising to seven metres and then dropping back to ten
metres two minutes later (1057). This is consistent with the depth of the rocky
reef running out south-west, south and south-east from the rock platform. From
here, Mr Bird's depth gradually increased over the next seven minutes (1102) to
just over 15 metres then dropped a little more to about 18 metres at 1107:30. This
would indicate to me that they were along the sand edge of the reef to seaward of
the normal entry point. He then made a gradual climb back to about 14 to 15 metres
but with one drop of three metres at one time. This was reached at about 1117, 32
minutes into the dive. This indicates to me that he was up a bit from the sand on
the rocky reef but that at one spot he dropped over the small "wall" onto the sand
area before climbing again.
It was said that at one spot, Mr Griffith signalled for the group to check their
tanks. Here, some found that they had already used half their air and he indicated
for them to return to shore. Among this group was Mr Bird, Ms Sheen, Tan Bee Thing
(in one paper referred to as being Japanese) and Sonia Greoseot, the female trainee
dive master. See comment made in Coroner's Inquest section about this decision. It
was said that Ms Thing had been having problems with balance and equipment through
the whole dive. Some reports state that they then ran into a current but I find
this as being unlikely as I have never encountered a current at this dive location.
What appears certain is that they did not return straight to the shore. My guess is
that this was at about 1107 or so. However, from what happens next, I doubt that
they went in the right direction as I cannot see that the depth that was to be
eventually achieved (21 metres) can be reached on the swim back to the beach, the
normal entry point or the normal exit point. I think they kept going north. This
is, in my experience, the only place that 21 metres can be reached. This thought is
supported by the fact that I have also been told by the two reliable "official"
souces mentioned above that the group was badly lost. In May 2002 I explored this
area full using my scooter and could not find any place that 21 metres was
achievable except as above. This is a long way from any normal dive and I have only
even reached this depth here twice before using the scooter (and remember that I an
very experienced and very good on my air consumption.
As mentioned above, at 32 minutes (1117) Mr Bird was at 14 metres and his gradual
ascent stopped (possibly a minute earlier). I assume that they were on a section of
the rocky reef adjacent to the sand edge. As I indicated above, from what happens
next (that is the depth of the water), it appears that they must have been to the
north of the secondary normal entry point. This indicates that they must not have
swum in the right direction or that they did not discover that they were low on air
till very late in the dive. It was here that Mr Bird (and presumably Ms Sheen)
suddenly dropped from about 14 metres to 21 metres. This is where I assume that Ms
Sheen ran out of air, or more likely, reached the last approximately 10 to 12 bar
of her tank.
A short explanantion here - the first stage of a regulator drops the pressure
of the tank from whatever it is (for example 200 bar) to a constant line pressure
that the second stage regulator can handle. This is typically around 10 to 12 bar.
When the tank pressure drops below this figure, then, as you can imagine, the line
pressure leading to the second stage also drops. It is now less than that normally
available so when a breathe is taken, the air now comes in at a lower pressure.
This makes it harder to breath and for an inexperienced diver, this can be
interpreted to be a failure of the regulator or an immediate total lack of air. In
reality, there is still quite a lot of air available and useable. In my estimation,
assuming an aluminium tank of 11.2 litres (an "88"), a breathing rate of 45 litres
per minute surface equivalent (three times a normal rate) and that the harder
breathing was not really noticed till 10 bar, then there should have been almost a
minute of available air, more than enough to safely, if somewhat quickly, ascend
from 14 metres and even from 21 metres.
The reason for the drop was probably that Ms Sheen panicked and during the time
when Mr Bird attempted to give her his main regulator (his equipment appears to
have been rented and with an octopus that was intergrated into his power inflator)
so he could breathe from the intregrated octopus.
For two minutes (till 1119), Mr Bird was at 21 metres, presumably trying to get Ms
Sheen to ascend. Of course, both would now have been over weighted for the depth,
even assuming that they were correctly weighted in the first place. I am sure that
they would not have been able to inflate their vests during all the panic that was
going on. Also, remember that if the air in their tanks was lower than 12 bar, it
would have been very slow to inflate even if they tried. From here, it is a bit
hazy but Mr Bird shot to the surface in less than a minute (1120). This indicates
that he probably dropped his weight belt or he inflated his vest. This is not clear
from newpaper reports.
At the same time, the trainee dive master and Ms Thing were having their own
emergency. It appears that Ms Thing also ran out of air and they both did an
emergency ascent. Both survived (see later for details).
Mr Bird was seen to surface in distress and was foaming at the mouth, in pain and
distressed. It is not clear who brought him to shore, but he was dragged up onto
the rocks with the help of at least one of the group. From the Aladin graph, it
seems he was on the surface for at least five minutes before leaving the water
(Aladin computers keep running till you are out of the water, recording time and
zero depth). Whether this was because he was a long way from shore or incapable of
exiting for reasons of rough seas or the decompression sickness/stress he was
suffering I am not sure. Mr Barrett said that Mr Bird "was vomiting and barely
conscious". He added "Then I heard them say there was still someone out there".
Onlookers phoned for an ambulance and Mr Bird was treated on the rocks before being
winched into the Westpac Rescue Helicopter and flown the short distance to the
Prince of Wales Hospital and the hyperbaric chamber.
The trainee dive master and Ms Thing also surfaced and reached or were brought
ashore. They were also taken to hospital but not apparently suffering decompression
sickness.
It was alleged that Mr Bird's tank, although empty, showed it still had 25 bar
(Herald, 8 February 2000). The Herald reported that the diver who rescued Mr Bird
had checked the tank after he rescued Mr Bird, although it is not clear if he
checked the tank to see if it actually was empty or if he just checked the gauge.
See my comments at end of a possible cause for this.
On Tuesday 8 February 2000, the body of Ms Sheen was found after an almost three
day search. Her body was 250 metres from where she was last seen. Apparently her
weight belt was not on her body, indicating that she had dumped it, although the
Herald's report on 12 Febrary 2000 indicated that the belt was found only metres
from her body. This probably means that she did not dump it until the very last
moment and she drowned immediately. I have been told by the same reliable
"official" sources as mentioned earlier that the body was extremely heavy, even
when found, let alone when her weight belt was taken into account.
What Happened in My View?
1. I would guess that the training Ms Sheen received was just the most basic to
get her to pass the course.
2. Her training in Thailand would have been in calm seas with warm and clear
water. This is totally different to the conditions encountered at Bondi.
3. As new divers and using rented gear, both Mr Bird and Ms Sheen were
unfamiliar with the equipment they were using.
4. As new divers, both Mr Bird and Ms Sheen were probably overweighted as is the
normal with new divers. Dive instructors tend to grossly overweight divers during
training to keep them on the bottom when doing shallow training dives. They then
neglect to impress how important it is to get buoyancy correct, especially when
diving deeper than the training dives and as you get more relaxed in the water (I
have seen novice divers 5 kilograms overweight!).
5. It is certain that Ms Sheen was severely overweighted.
6. This overweighting probably led to them having poor buoyancy and swimming at
a 45 degree angle, leading to increased air consumption.
7. The seas must have been rough as the dive did not start from the rocks but
from the beach.
8. The swim from the beach to the dive's starting point may have been carried
out on scuba (even though on the surface) meaning less air was available for the
actual dive. This may only have been Ms Sheen.
9. Even if they snorkelled, the divers would probably have been tired and
possibly out of breath when they finally descended.
10. The divers went way past the normal turn-around point for even a normal entry
and certainly if you entered from the beach and reached a location where the depth
potential was 21 metres or more.
11. An alternative to this is they they went off course and ended up out in the
middle of Bondi Bay but I do not think this likely.
12. They were certainly lost and far from an easy exit point.
13. At a constant 21 metres and a normal air consumption of 13.5 litres per
minute, the air in a 11.2 litre aluminium tank filled to 200 bar (it would/should
have more) would last over 40 minutes, still leaving a reserve of 50 bar. Even
longer would be available with a steel tank as the pressure is normally higher.
14. At the average depth of the dive till the drop from 14 to 21 metres (say 10
metres), the air should have lasted 62 minutes (till reserve) and even if at a high
rate of 20 litres per minute, 42 minutes. Even totally using all air should have
taken 56 minutes.
15. As the air appears to have run out at about 31 minutes, I estimated an
average air consumption of almost 35 litres per minute for the whole dive, a rate I
have never achieved even when working hard moving an anchor at depth.
16. It is certain that Mr Bird and Ms Sheen did not check their pressure gauges
often enough otherwise they could not have got in this situation, no matter how
high their air consumption.
17. When Ms Sheen's tank reached about 10 bar, she suddenly found it hard to
breath and fearing that she was out of air, starting panicking and used her
remaining air even more quickly. If she had ascended at this time (from 14 metres),
she would have safely surfaced.
18. However, she panicked and dropped from 14 to 21 metres.
19. Mr Bird went after her and attempted to share his air with her, either by
buddying breathing or giving her his main reg and using his integrated octopus.
20. The combined breathing from two, panicking divers, may have meant that Mr
Bird's regulator first stage could not provide enough air to the two divers for
them to quickly calm down.
21. One possibility is that within two minutes, Mr Bird's air ran out and they
attempted an emergency ascent.
22. An alternative possibility if Mr Bird's tank still contained air (say 25 bar
as may be possible) is that the combined need of two panicking divers could not be
met from Mr Bird's regulator (as mentioned above) so Ms Sheen and Mr Bird thought
that the tank was empty and attempted an emergency ascent from 21 metres.
23. Another possibility is that if Mr Sheen's tank still had 25 bar as reported
in the Herald of 8 February 2000, then it is possible that the tank valve was not
fully open and that once this low pressure had been reached and two divers
attempting to breathe from one regulator, it would have appear that it too was out
of air. See a similar incident report for details on this sort of problem.
24. It would appear that they then both dropped their weight belts.
25. Considering that they would already have been in a panic situation, then it
is very difficult to believe that they could safely ascend from 21 metres without
an air source.
26. During the ascent, Mr Bird and Ms Sheen were separated and only Mr Bird
reached the surface.
27. Ms Sheen drowned.
28. Mr Bird was very, very lucky to survive.
Why Did it Happen?
1. Inexperience and lack of attention to tank contents' gauge.

2. Overweighting leading to increased air consumption.
3. Unfamilarity of the equipment being used.
4. Starting dive at beach instead of rocks (if it was too rough for rocks, then
dive should have been aborted).
5. Wasting air instead of using snorkel on way out to start of dive (may be).
6. Lack of understanding of physics of diving and knowing that when it gets hard
to breath, no matter the reason, there is still enough air to ascend from 14
metres.
7. Inexperience again.
8. Panic.
9. Possible failure to correctly set up equipment (the valve not opened fully)
or inability of regulator to supply sufficent air to two panicking divers.
10. Finally, inexperience.
Note that the above was mostly written in February 2000.
Coroner's Inquest
On 8 March 2002, the Inquest into the death of Ms Breen, as well as the death of a
Japanese tourist at Shelley Beach while on a dive with Manly Dive Centre, owned by
the same person as the Bondi Dive Centre, was held. Evidence apparently given at
the Inquest included the fact that Ms Breen was overweighted. The Coroner
criticised the dive master, Paul Griffith, for splitting the group into two and
sending the trainee, Sonia Greoseot, back with the three divers who were low on
air. Mr Griffiths was also criticised for telling the divers to wait till they had
30 bar before surfacing. It is not clear whether this was meant as when they should
advise him or that they should start their ascent or that they should surface with
30 bar. From reading the newspaper reports it appears that it was meant that when
they reached 30 bar they had to start their ascent. This is clearly too late under
even the best of conditions for inexperienced divers.
The Coroner, Elwyn Elms, terminated the Inquest and said "The evidence is capable
of satisfying a jury beyond reasonable doubt that a known person has committed an
indictable offence and there is a reasonable prospect that a jury would convict the
known person of the indictable offence". It was not disclosed who this "known
person" is, but it is likely to be either the dive master or the dive shop owner.
NOTE:
I lay no blame for what happened on any person on this dive or associated with the
dive shop concerned. In the end, we as divers must take responsibility for our own
actions, even if under the "care" of a dive master or instructor. However, many, if
not most, of the deaths of divers that have occurred in NSW in recent times, have
been of inexperienced and/or new divers. In many cases, this appears to have been
caused by poor training.
In my view, it is too easy to become a dive instructor and even a dive master. It
is possible to become a dive instructor within three months of starting your
initial dive course. This is plainly ridiculous. No-one can gain enough experience
to become a very good diver, let alone become someone capable of imparting
knowledge to new divers in such a short period of time. It must become harder to
become an instructor. Likewise, it must become harder to become a dive master. I
have dived with dive masters whose total number of dives was less than the dives I
have done in that year. They were attempting to tell me how to dive. Big chance!!
When someone now attempts to tell me the correct way to dive, I tell them that if
they have more than 1/5 of the number of dives I have done (at 15 July 2002 this
would mean they would have had to have done 354 dives), then I might listen. Not
many can reach this mark.
References:
# Sun-Herald 6 February 2000 page 17
# Sunday Telegraph 6 February 2000 page 4
# Sydney Morning Herald 7 February 2000 page 1 and 2, 8 February 2000 page 2, 9
February 2000 page 3, 12 February 2000 page 41.
# Daily Telegraph 7 February 2000 page 3, 8 February 2000 page 5, 9 February 2000
page 7
# Discussions with two very, very reliable "officials" who spoke to me about the
accident on the understanding that I did not identify them.
# Sydney Morning Herald 9 March 2002 page 5
# Daily Telegraph 9 March 2002
Copyright � Michael McFadyen 1990 to 2009
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http://livenews.com.au/home/dynamite-fishermen-kill-diver/2009/3/26/200923
Thursday, 26 March 2009 12:09 PM
Dynamite fishermen kill diver
LiveNews | Richard Maxton
Four Vietnamese fishermen have been arrested after they accidentally killed a scuba
diver with explosives.
The fishermen told Phun Nu District police they saw bubbles on the surface and
threw dynamite into the water, thinking it was a large fish.
When the group jumped into the water to retrieve the "fish" they instead found the
body of a dead diver.
The Phun Cu District Coast Guard heard the explosion and caught the fishermen as
they tried to escape.
Police said the fishermen will be charged with killing the diver and destroying
aquatic resources.
Dynamite fishing is illegal in Vietnam but remains a common practice.

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http://www.presseportal.de/polizeipresse/pm/65852/1377213/kreispolizeibehoerde_olpe
26.03.2009 | 18:04 Uhr
POL-OE: T�dlicher Tauchunfall
Attendorn (ots) - Ein Tauchunfall mit t�dlichen Folgen ereignete sich heute
Nachmittag am Biggesee (Kreis Olpe). Gegen 15.40 Uhr sahen zwei Fahrzeuginsassen
von der L 708 (Listertalstra�e), in H�he der Ortslage Attendorn-Weuste, im
Vorbeifahren eine leblose Persone im Taucheranzug an der Wasseroberfl�che des Sees
treiben. Sie verst�ndigten Feuerwehr, Rettungsdienste und Polizei. Gegen 16.00 Uhr
konnte die Feuerwehr von einem Boot aus, etwas 10m vom Ufer entfernt, einen Mann in
einem Taucheranzug tot aus dem Wasser ziehen. Dieser ist offenbar an den Folgen
eines Tauchunfalls verstorben. Hinweise auf ein Fremdverschulden gibt es nach
derzeitigem Erkenntnisstand nicht. Ebenso geht die Polizei davon aus, dass der Mann
allein ins Wasser ging. Die n�heren Umst�nde des Unfalls sind noch nicht gekl�rt.
Mittlerweile konnte ermittelt werden, dass es sich bei dem verstorbenen Taucher um
einen 48-j�hrigen Mann polnischer Herkunft handelt.
Kreispolizeibeh�rde Olpe
Pressestelle
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Needlefish stabs diver to death in Vietnam
HANOI, Vietnam (10 Sep 2007) -- A 16-year-old Vietnamese boy has died after being
stabbed through the heart by a needlefish as he was diving for seafood in northern
Vietnam, a policeman said Monday.
The meter-long fish - a type of gar with a long, pointed snout - stabbed diver
Duong Trong Anh in the chest as he was diving for sea cucumber, according to Ta Van
Quynh, deputy police chief of Halong Bay district, 200 kilometers east of Hanoi.
The boy was in 2 meters of water when the accident happened Friday, Quynh said.
The boy's diving companions saw the fish stuck in the chest of their friend and
pulled the needle-like snout out, the policeman said.
"Anh died from the wound soon after," Quynh said.
According to Quynh, the fish might have been startled by the divers and tried to
swim away but accidently hit Anh with its 15-centimeter-long snout, according to
the policeman.
"It's a very strange death," the policeman said. "People may get killed by sharks,
rarely by this kind of fish."
A 16-year-old Vietnamese diver died after he was stabbed through the heart by a
needlefish.
Anh's friends brought the needlefish to the surface with his body and the family is
considering burial of the fish alongside the boy, Quynh said.

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Maximum depth limits

No more dangerous than crossing a road?

Mr Downs� relatives were travelling north from England yesterday.

�It looks as if he has had some sort of illness.�

A report will also be sent to the procurator fiscal.

She was carrying coal to the west coast.

Neil Rodgers, 40, a father-of-four from Rotherham in Yorkshire, went missing on

Chilling video footage inadvertently captured by a fellow diver showed Watson

Public outrage prompted Queensland director of public prosecutions Tony Moynihan to

Updated: 03:21PM Thu, 18 Jun 2009

It is understood the police will be looking at the possibility of Mr Leyland

Mr Leyland, 51, died in Plymouth's Derriford Hospital on Sunday night.

Next of kin have been informed.

A full inquest is expected to held later in the year.

Dynamite fishing is illegal in Vietnam but remains a common practice.

Story from BBC NEWS:

Published: 2007/02/07 18:06:53 GMT

Story from BBC NEWS:

Published: 2004/05/18 07:18:02 GMT

On 4 August 2005, Lynne Pembroke, a 48-year-old woman from Cambridgeshire, failed

Police frogmen failed to find her or Mr Steel after a major search.

10. September 2007, 17:01 Uhr

Auch in �sterreich kam es zu einem t�dlichen Tauchunfall: Im Attersee im

Schiff f�llte sich rasch mit Wasser

Einheimische Fischer h�tten dann der Marinepolizei geholfen, die insgesamt 23

Wenig Hoffnung auf �berlebende

*Namen der Redaktion bekannt.

Schweizer lagen tot im Ungl�cks-Wrack

Das deutsche Aussenministerium geht nach allen bislang vorliegenden Informationen

In Thailand werden nach einem Taucherbootunfall sieben Menschen vermisst. Unter

�Es ging alles so schnell�

Fischer retteten �berlebende

Allmannshausen (ddp-bay). Taucher der Bereitschaftspolizei haben am Montag einen

Go Ayaka, 29, a Japanese national who works as an accountant in Singapore, had

Police are investigating the accident and a post-mortem examination will be

Propeller accidents on the rise

The accident is under investigation and a post-mortem examination will be

Mr Glasgow committed Mr Watson for trial in the Supreme Court in Townsville, on a

Mr Thomas thanked Queensland police for their efforts in the investigation.

''(The investigation) can only be described as one of the most challenging

"It is much more than just commendable, it is remarkable on a scale of effort

erschienen am 6. M�rz 2003

SEIT SAMSTAG VERMISST 09.09.2007

"... dann ist man verloren"

Warten auf Spezialkamera

Weiterer Tauchunfall am Attersee

SCHWARZE BR�CKE 10.09.2007

Zwei Tage nach Mann gesucht

Der 41-J�hrige konnte schlie�lich nur mehr tot geborgen werden.

Am Samstag war er mit drei Freunden im Bereich der

Zwischenfall w�hrend der Suche

Der Feuerwehrtaucher ist bereits auf dem Weg der Besserung.

Antwort von Der Diveraider am 07.10.2001 - 22:32

Antwort von Reinhard am 09.10.2001 - 21:43

If further investigation backs that up -- and if other armed North Korean

Fotos von der Suche

Matthias Roth, LVZ-Online

ADAC-Luftrettung, Polizeihubschrauber mit W�rmebildkamera, Markkleeberger Feuerwehr

What Happened in My View?

Why Did it Happen?

1. Inexperience and lack of attention to tank contents' gauge.

Note that the above was mostly written in February 2000.