Mergulhadora brasileira morre no México
I'm keeping the same formatting and wording of the original article which is not that good even in Portuguese. Free translation:
I'm keeping the same formatting and wording of the original article which is not that good even in Portuguese. Free translation:
"Sixty six year old Brazilian diver died in a scuba diving accident march 3rd in Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Report from a witness who followed the case:
After diving with a Brazilian diving school group for a week, victim and another 5 divers hired an additional Shark dive with local dive operator Phantom Divers in Playa del Carmen.
Although being master scuba diver certified, victim showed high anxiety and gas consumption, having had several problems during the week, including trouble equalizing and a flooding mask. Her mask was lent by a relative and victim refused advice of buying a new mask the fit her face, given by friends.
According to witnesses, divers in the Shark Dive were overweighed by more than than double normal weigh, in order for divers to remain on the sandy sea floor.
As soon as the group reached the bottom, victim signed a dive abort. The dive master asked for her to calm down but she repeated the sign and went for the surface.
The dive master attempted to help and, according to him, victim had a completely flooded mask and took her regulator out of her mouth. Dive master attempted to replace it but victim rejected it, showing clear signs of panic.
On the boat, CPR was performed and oxygen administered. Dive boat made it back to the beach.
The victim managed to regained conscience and was aided by a couple in the boat who happened to be MD until an ambulance arrived, but ended up passing away.
Still according to witness reports, the diver was exceeding the limits of her diving capacity and was not following recommendations given to the divers.
The diving school and the travel agency responsible for the trip have given total assistance to the victim and her relatives, who are in Playa del Carmen waiting for the body to be freed for repatriation.
The local coroner has ruled the death as drowning."
This reads like a lot of blame shifting on the victim in order to cover someone's shortcomings... I know people who knew the victim and think this report seems a bit biased. Does anyone have more information on this? I didn't see this pop up anywhere else.Report from a witness who followed the case:
After diving with a Brazilian diving school group for a week, victim and another 5 divers hired an additional Shark dive with local dive operator Phantom Divers in Playa del Carmen.
Although being master scuba diver certified, victim showed high anxiety and gas consumption, having had several problems during the week, including trouble equalizing and a flooding mask. Her mask was lent by a relative and victim refused advice of buying a new mask the fit her face, given by friends.
According to witnesses, divers in the Shark Dive were overweighed by more than than double normal weigh, in order for divers to remain on the sandy sea floor.
As soon as the group reached the bottom, victim signed a dive abort. The dive master asked for her to calm down but she repeated the sign and went for the surface.
The dive master attempted to help and, according to him, victim had a completely flooded mask and took her regulator out of her mouth. Dive master attempted to replace it but victim rejected it, showing clear signs of panic.
On the boat, CPR was performed and oxygen administered. Dive boat made it back to the beach.
The victim managed to regained conscience and was aided by a couple in the boat who happened to be MD until an ambulance arrived, but ended up passing away.
Still according to witness reports, the diver was exceeding the limits of her diving capacity and was not following recommendations given to the divers.
The diving school and the travel agency responsible for the trip have given total assistance to the victim and her relatives, who are in Playa del Carmen waiting for the body to be freed for repatriation.
The local coroner has ruled the death as drowning."