6(5?) persons (2 instructors and 4(3?) trainees) were conducting training dives in the flooded mine. 4(3?) of them came back to the surface and 2 did not surface (an instructor with a trainee). 1 of those who returned to the surface picked up extra tanks and went down again to transport them to those 2 that did not surface. All 3 have not resurfaced and at 1 am the rescue operation was suspended, to be resumed on Monday morning at 7 am.
According to the police, the groups were separated close to a restriction which is encountered at around 14m depth in a side tunnel.
There is an inaccuracy if there were 5 or 6 persons in total in the group hence question marks.
The trainees were qualified for the dive, the training was to further their qualifications (they were not rookies only learning to dive in the overhead).
Visibility is practically zero, the rescue divers could not conduct the search. It was suggested the underwater robot will be used (but that is also predicated on the improved visibility).
Experienced cave divers are heard to be going there from other parts of Poland (among them Krzysztof Starnawski, a renowned cave explorer and dual rebreather diver).
It is rumored that the dive center organising the training was ADDiving from Wroclaw, Poland (website diving )
A screenshot of their training schedule seems to be confirming this finding (Pazdziernik=October, Niedz=Sunday):
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A sample YouTube video with a dive conducted there:
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According to the police, the groups were separated close to a restriction which is encountered at around 14m depth in a side tunnel.
There is an inaccuracy if there were 5 or 6 persons in total in the group hence question marks.
The trainees were qualified for the dive, the training was to further their qualifications (they were not rookies only learning to dive in the overhead).
Visibility is practically zero, the rescue divers could not conduct the search. It was suggested the underwater robot will be used (but that is also predicated on the improved visibility).
Experienced cave divers are heard to be going there from other parts of Poland (among them Krzysztof Starnawski, a renowned cave explorer and dual rebreather diver).
It is rumored that the dive center organising the training was ADDiving from Wroclaw, Poland (website diving )
A screenshot of their training schedule seems to be confirming this finding (Pazdziernik=October, Niedz=Sunday):
Facebook page of the Maria Concordia diving site: Bei Facebook anmelden
A sample YouTube video with a dive conducted there:
News outlets reporting the incident:
News 1
News 2
News 3