Curacao Commercial diver death.

[CuracaoJ]

Here is a poor Google translation from one of our local Dutch papers (AD).

Willemstad - The 27-year-old
Paul A. de Waal, derived
from the Netherlands, yesterday
in the performance of
work under
water at the Mega Pier at
Baden Powellweg, come
to death.
That the police
announced yesterday.
The victim worked
for a company that
water cleaning
to perform
ships at the pier
are moored.
The victim was
yesterday along with three
colleagues working under water.
De Waal made ​​at
his work using
a cleaning device,
and a
and air-to-device communication.
At a given moment
wild De Waal contact
lay with his colleague
and by unknown
reasons, which is currently
examined, drowned
he. The colleague
De Waal who had contact
down, went under water
and struck the victim
the bottom of the sea, outside
consciousness, to. the
colleague brought De Waal
to the surface
where, by the assistance of other
colleagues, the victim
to the side could be
drawn.
Once there was
by ambulance personnel,
unsuccessfully, attempted
to resuscitate the victim.
The body is through the
Public Prosecution
seized for further
research.

 

[DandyDon]

From Diver dies while working on cruise ship - Bermuda Sun News ... Beyond the Headlines - Bermuda

[FONT=Verdana, Times New Roman, Times, Serif]WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31: A diver has died while working on the cruise ship that was damaged in Bermuda in September.

The 27-year-old Dutchman was helping to overhaul the 92,000 tonne Norwegian Star on Monday at Willemstad, Curacao.

The Star sustained damage to the bow of the ship last September up in Dockyard when she broke her mooring lines and collided with the Explorer of the Seas.

No one was injured as a result of the collision.

The website tradewindnews.com has reported that the diver drowned and was found on the sea bed by a colleague.

The site states: "He (the diver) suddenly tried to make contact with three colleagues before he died in unexplained circumstances.

"He was found unconscious by a colleague on the harbour bed.

"Prosecutors in Curacao ordered a post-mortem."[/FONT]