Scuba Diving fatality. Body found in Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand December 31, 2005
Posted by Andy Carroll in : Accidents, News , trackbackIn a sad story from Stuff, the body of the scuba diver who went missing yesterday in the Marlborough Sounds was found this morning in Kumutoto Bay.
A skipper of the scuba dive boat from which 29-year-old Christchurch man Andrew Archibald and two friends were scuba diving for scallops returned to the bay this morning with the police scuba dive team from Wellington, who recovered Mr Archibald’s body.
The body was to be taken to Picton and then to Wairau Hospital for a post mortem.
Mr Archibald’s scuba diving equipment was to be taken for forensic testing.
Mr Archibald was scuba diving for scallops with two friends in Kumutoto Bay yesterday morning when he failed to surface when expected.
At about 9am the skipper of the scuba dive boat noticed there were only two sets of bubbles rising to the surface. The other two divers searched frantically Mr Archibald until they ran out of air before the skipper raised the alarm.
The Westpac Rescue Helicopter, the Marlborough Coastguard, the Picton harbour patrol and Wellington’s police scuba dive squad searched the area yesterday but failed to find the missing diver.
Mr Archibald’s family from Cheviot were on their way to Picton last night. Mr Archibald has a partner and three young children
A sad story to finish the year with.
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[…] Experts say that most deaths could have been avoided, including the fatality whilst scuba diving for scallops, last week. “The coroners report from the past five years show over half of the people haven’t been following the safe diving practise standards,” says Lynn Taylor, president of the New Zealand Underwater Association. […]