Teen fatality - Ras Al Khaimah

[DandyDon]

From Emirati teenaged diver drowns in RAK - Emirates 24/7

A 15-year-old Emirati boy on a diving trip with his father off Ras Al Khaimah died under the water on Friday after his neck was caught by his oxygen cylinder pipe, a newspaper reported on Saturday.
The two were diving off the Red Island in the northern emirate on Friday afternoon when the father lost track of his son, Alkhaleej said.
After a search, the father found his son motionless under the water and the cylinder pipe was wrapped tightly around his neck.
“The boy, a student in the secondary class, suffocated to death under the water after his neck was accidentally caught by the oxygen pipe and he could not free himself,” the paper said, quoting police.

 

[matt_8777]

Wow, I don't think I have ever seen a hose long enough to do that on a primary. Maybe an octo hose, but how in the world could that happen? Sounds fishy....

 

[supergaijin]

The underwater equivalent of being killed by a car's seatbelt. I agree that it's decidedly....odd.

 

[mala]

very sad news about the boy

i think the rest of the report is pretty unhelpful.

 

[Angel_diver_biker]

RIP

Does anyone knows with which operator they were diving?

 

[LeafyGirl]

The more journalism reports about dive accidents I read the more infuriating it gets. Other than another tragedy perhaps due to buddy separation, the rest makes no sense.

 

[Simon-]

Not heard anything from any of the major dive operators here so far about this.

Possibly they were diving independantly.

Does seem a strange report, but after seeing how some people dive around here, not unbelieveable

 

[Searcaigh]

In todays 7 Days newspaper

Family boat trip ends in tragedy after father finds 15-year-old son floating unconscious | 7 Days Dubai

Such a strange story and certainly misreported in many ways.

 

[graham_s]

That just sounds dodgy to me, bad reporting aside, there's more to it than has been reported I feel

 

[AfterDark]

Course director at Al Boom Diving in Dubai, Mohammed Helmi, said it was uncommon for a pipe to get wrapped around a diver’s neck. ??????? They call hose pipe? Did he have a 7' ?pipe/hose? I wonder?