3 more UK fatalities in the last month.

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3 more diver deaths sadly in the UK in the last month alone (and several other bends and helicopter evacs).

The latest in Scotland:

BBC NEWS | Scotland | Highlands and Islands | Diver dies in isle loch incident

Another the week before in Portland:

BBC NEWS | England | Dorset | Diver passes out at sea and dies

Finally another in Northern England:

BBC NEWS | England | Tyne | Body thought to be missing diver

Its not a good year so far and the yearly average of 16 may well be broken if it carries on at this rate. This is despite the worst weather for 20+ years meaning far fewer dives than normal carried out.

 

[DandyDon]

Sorry about your losses over there, String - but thanks for posting these so we might learn from them perhaps...

BBC NEWS | Scotland | Highlands and Islands | Diver dies in isle loch incident

A man has died while diving in a loch on the Isle of Skye.

The 57-year-old, who has not yet been named, surfaced from his dive in Loch Pooltiel at about 1200 BST on Wednesday and signalled he was unwell.

A spokesman for Northern Constabulary said he was helped on board the dive boat where he collapsed and lost consciousness.

He was airlifted to the Western isles hospital in Stornoway but was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

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Not much to go on there. Your reporters don't try to get more info either, it seems? Could have been medical or diving; who knows...?


BBC NEWS | England | Dorset | Diver passes out at sea and dies

A diver who was found unconscious in the sea off Dorset after surfacing from a dive has died in hospital.

Portland Coastguard scrambled its helicopter to Portland Bill after the man's dive team put out a distress call from their boat Tango.

The man was airlifted to Dorchester Hospital but died shortly afterwards.

A coastguard spokesperson said other divers from Tango were taken back to land by two other dive boats in the area.

Again, who knows? Could have been medical or diving...?

BBC NEWS | England | Tyne | Body thought to be missing diver

The body of a man has been recovered off the Northumberland coast, close to where a diver went missing last month.

Stephen Pond, 53, from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, went missing on 18 May, while exploring the wreck of the World War Two merchant vessel, Somali.

Northumbria Police said the body was discovered on Tuesday morning near the wreck, which is popular with divers.

A force spokesman said it was too early for a positive identification, but that Mr Pond's family had been informed.

Rescue teams began the search for Mr Pond after the alarm was raised by diving companions.

He was among a party from Nottinghamshire exploring the Somali wreck.

He had been with a dive buddy and began to surface because he thought he was running out of air.

When his buddy went to the surface to raise the alarm the two were separated.

Missing for over a month - wow?! Good that he finally floated up I guess, perhaps helpful for the family, perhaps for the investigation. I don't think I have ever heard of one floating up after that long.

Y'all be careful over there...

 

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Details generally aren't released until the inquest to avoid prejudice and so on. Most of the press reports just coastguard news bulletins that have the bare information such as where, reason for launch and outcome - its not their job to find out what went wrong, merely to deal with the consequences.