Diver airlifted - Looking Glass Bay, New Zealand

[DandyDon]

There is a place with the same name in Australia, but this one is about 68 miles west of Queenstown on the South Island's west coast. It looks rather remote.

Diver airlifted to hospital after incident in Looking Glass Bay

A helicopter has gone to assist the diver who appeared to have decompression sickness, a Hato Hone St John spokesperson says.

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A diver has been airlifted to hospital after reports of a water related incident in Fiordland.

Emergency services were called to Looking Glass Bay on the coast, just south of Milford Sound, at about 4.30pm on Wednesday, a police spokesperson said.

New Zealand’s national search and rescue organisation, the Rescue Coordination Centre, took the lead on the incident, sending a helicopter to assist the diver who appeared to have decompression sickness, a Hato Hone St John spokesperson said.

“[They were] contacted by a third party about a person who was diving by the looks of things, and has come up pins and needles, like the bends.”

A helicopter from Te Anau was sent to uplift the diver, who was taken to Southland Hospital in moderate condition, the spokesperson said.