Diver death in North Kingston

[mstudley]

Article can be found here

No real details yet though. I'm not entirely sure what this means either:

"Police said the diver had filed a dive plan."

Filed with whom?

-- Matt

 

[RIOceanographer]

Always sad to hear..

EDIT: The article was updated and the details that were reported changed significantly so the rest of what I originally wrote does not apply.

 

[jpiolu]

From the article, it appears that the person the plan was "filed" with reported that the diver was late in returning or checking in, which prompted the search.

"Filing a dive plan" sounds like it would be something you would do with some government agency, but that's not the case. The government doesn't want the burden.

You file a dive plan with whomever you want to, provided they are willing to accept the responsibility. Normally, that would be a friend or family member you trust to call the authorities if you fail to check in by a specified time.

--
Joe Piolunek

 

[RIOceanographer]

Normally, that would be a friend or family member you trust to call the authorities if you fail to check in by a specified time.

From the updated version of the article linked above, it appears you're correct. Looks like his wife reported him overdue.

 

[paulthenurse]

Very sad news. My condolences to his family.

PTN

 

[RIOceanographer]

The story was updated(or more like corrected). Now they say he was a quahog diver and it was off of Quonset Pt, and not in Allen harbor as they first reported. That makes a bit more sense.