Scuba dive firm to face trial over death September 13, 2006
Posted by Andy Carroll in : Accidents, News , 3commentsThis court case in Australia highlights some of the problems diving centres have when renting equipment to inexperienced divers. The trouble is, in my experience, many scuba divers do not advertise just how inexperienced they are, which makes things difficult for the dive centres when organising divers on a boat. Surely his ‘friends’ should have kept an eye on him? This from news.com.au;
Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin, death to be broadcast? September 7, 2006
Posted by Andy Carroll in : Accidents, News , 3commentsI saw a news item over at contactmusic which states that the final moments of Steve Irwins life may well be broadcast on TV. Apparently this was his wish should he fall whilst filming his crocodile shows. Somehow I just don’t think they will, and I am not sure I would want to watch it either. We know how he died, I am not sure what can be learned by watching it, or what good it will do his wife and children. This from contactmusic;
Stonefish Hunt led to Irwins Death September 7, 2006
Posted by Andy Carroll in : Accidents, News, OceanDiving , add a commentI guess the whole world now knows that Steve Irwin, the famous crocodile wrestling aussie, was killed whilst scuba diving with Stingrays on the Great Barrier Reef. Steve wasn’t supposed to be diving with stingrays however, but was on the hunt for stonefish, as part of a documentary. Unfortunately, as there were no signs of the stonefish, he decided to swim with stingrays instead. A real shame. This from news.com.au;
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Scuba Diver survives three days at sea September 6, 2006
Posted by Andy Carroll in : Accidents, News, OceanDiving , 1 comment so farA scuba diver who was diving near Fermain Bay in Guernsey was found on Monday evening after being lost at sea for three days. Matthew Harvey, 35, was admitted to Princess Elizabeth Hospital suffering from extreme exhaustion.
This is quite a feat, and lucky I guess that it is summer where the sea temperature is 15 degC or so. Still, he must have been wearing some sensible thermal gear and a drysuit to keep the hypothermia at bay.
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Rebreather diver fatality in Los Angeles August 18, 2006
Posted by Andy Carroll in : Accidents, Rebreathers , 3commentsSad news yesterday that a 40 year old diver using an AP Inspiration rebreather was found dead near the wreck he had been lost on the previous day. There is some speculation over at Rebreatherworld that the diver had been trapped or pinned under the wreck, but that is unconfirmed. Here is the press release;
A 40-year old male diver that had been missing near the south end of the Los Angeles Channel since yesterday, was found this morning near the wreck three miles off shore where he had been diving.
In a joint effort, local agencies started searching for the missing diver yesterday afternoon.
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Divemaster Dies During Rescue After Weekend Dive August 16, 2006
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Roy Cowan died on Sunday August 14th, after rescuing a diver who had become seperated from the boat and was in distress. He was a well respected divemaster who spent many years helping divers out of Morehead City, NC. This from DiveNewsWire;
The seas of the ‘Graveyard of the Atlantic’ were running a stiff current and one of the divers was separated from the boat and in distress. Roy who was the head DM for the Diver Down out of Morehead City, NC and had been for over 10 years was in top form noting the diver’s problem immediately. In typical Roy form, he was off the deck swimming to assist the diver who was now floating past the drift ball.
It is suspected that Ron died from a heart attack, as he had not dived at all that day.
