Caboto wreck fatality - Italy

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Muore sub di 49 anni dopo un’immersione
Google translation...
49-year-old diver dies after a dive
A 49-year-old diver from Gambassi Terme died following a probable illness after a dive carried out on the morning of 11 July in the waters 5 nautical miles from the coast of San Vincenzo. According to a first reconstruction of the harbor master's office, investigations are underway, Simone Fulignati was a passionate and expert diver, also patented for complex dives such as the one in which he found death. Agricultural entrepreneur, he leaves a wife and two children.



Fulignati felt ill during the group dive organized by the Diving Center Sub of Cecina on the Caboto wreck, a cargo steamship sunk by a U-boat on December 22, 1917 off the coast of San Vincenzo, while sailing between Calcutta and Genova. The wreck lies on the seabed less than 70 meters away.



According to a first reconstruction being examined by the public prosecutor on duty of the Public Prosecutor of Livorno, Ezia Mancusi, the man would have returned to the surface already unconscious around 10.30. And the accident would have happened during the diving phase on the basis of the descent and ascent plan, with a series of control procedures and times to be respected, which should have characterized the visit to the Caboto wreck.



The first to assist were the eight companions. All sub experts who would have done their utmost in cardiac massage and artificial respiration pending the arrival of two vehicles of the Captaincy, who left to provide help. A patrol boat from Portoferraio and a rubber boat from San Vincenzo. The Cecina diving boat was escorted to the tourist port of San Vincenzo where an ambulance with the 118 doctor was waiting. Despite the resuscitation attempts, the doctor could not help but ascertain the man's death.



The body is located in the mortuary of the Piombino hospital, awaiting the decisions of the public prosecutor. The diving companions, a group of enthusiasts who would have met for the occasion at the Cecina diving, were heard during the day by the Coast Guard soldiers of the San Vincenzo beach delegation to reconstruct the circumstances of the 49-year-old's death. -
 
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