Crew diver dead - Kodiak Island, Alaska

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Diver dies in Sunday incident near Kodiak

One man is dead after a diving accident near Kodiak Island on Sunday morning.
The diver’s name was not released by the U.S. Coast Guard, but he was a crew member aboard the vessel Mommo Maddi when it was conducting diving operations about 3 miles off Sitkalidak Island.
The diver was in about 40 feet of water when his compressor failed or shut off.
Petty Officer Trevor Frommherz, watchstander at the Coast Guard’s Command Center in Juneau, says they dispatched an H-60 helicopter from Kodiak and a rescue swimmer was lowered to the vessel. After more than 30 minutes of CPR and consultation with the flight surgeon, the diver was declared dead.

 

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He was a cucumber diver. Kodiak commercial diver dead after medevac from fishing vessel | Alaska Dispatch News

A Kodiak man working as a commercial diver aboard a vessel taking part in a sea cucumber fishery near Kodiak suffered a medical emergency and was airlifted to an area hospital Sunday, but Alaska State Troopers say he couldn’t be resuscitated.
An initial call about the incident came in to Kodiak troopers at about 1:30 p.m. Sunday, after a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew flew 36-year-old Gary Graves to Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center's emergency room.
Graves had been diving from the fishing vessel Momo & Maddie. Troopers said the vessel was participating in the state sea cucumber commercial dive fishery near Port Hobron, about 6 miles from Old Harbor.
Troopers spokeswoman Beth Ipsen said Graves was alive when the first call came in.
“He was diving at the time,” Ipsen said. “They were still working on him when troopers got the call.”
Graves was declared dead at about 2 p.m. Sunday. Ipsen said troopers were investigating, but the focus of their work wasn’t specified.
“Until it’s determined if it’s mechanical reasons or health issues, it’s impossible to say,” Ipsen said.
Coast Guard spokeswoman Petty Officer 3rd Class Meredith Manning said Wednesday that she couldn't discuss details of the incident or the rescue flight because the Coast Guard has opened a marine casualty investigation into Graves' death.
The state medical examiner’s office has requested Graves’ body for an autopsy. Troopers said Graves' next of kin have been notified of his death.