Italian dead - Cagliari, Sardinia island

[DandyDon]

Scuba diver dies off Cagliari - English

(ANSA) - CAGLIARI, JUL 13 - A 20-year-old Italian scuba diver died off Cagliari in Sardinia on Monday evening, sources said Tuesday.
The coast guard said the man, Gabriele Ibba, probably had a bad turn while returning to the surface.
Fire brigade divers recovered his body after he failed to resurface.
An autopsy has been ordered. (ANSA).

 

[Biotech Diver]

What is meant by a bad turn?

 

[Mike1967]

What is meant by a bad turn?

Some sort of medical episode.

 

[DandyDon]

What is meant by a bad turn?

It's hard to say what they meant in Italian which was translated. It's a vague reference to an undetermined event.

 

[chillyinCanada]

Freediving syncope

 

[CycleCat]

What is meant by a bad turn?

Things took a turn for the worse?

 

[Angelo Farina]

Italian newspapers say he was freediving. He was with 5 friends who asked for help to coast guard when he did not emerge.
The guy was an appassionate free diver.

 

[Bigbella]

Potentially shallow-water blackout?

 

[Angelo Farina]

Potentially shallow-water blackout?

Quite possible. Our statistics data here in Italy show that this is the cause of death on 94% of fatalities involving free divers. The same statistics show that the ratio between the number of deadly accidents involving free divers to those involving scuba divers is 52:1.
This is due to two factors:
1) free diving is objectively much more dangerous than scuba diving
2) here in Italy the number of free divers is much larger than the number of scuba divers.
There are so many accidents involving free divers that Italian newspapers usually do not even report them, as they happen almost every day, and they are often mixed with "normal" drowning of swimmers.

 

[Bob DBF]

What is meant by a bad turn?

Things took a turn for the worse?

The difference between British English and American English. Probably translated by a Brit.