mike_s
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just curious if anyone knows more details on the tank here that "exploded"?
Note this is Accidents and Incidents forum.... so let's keep jokes aside.
from Exploding scuba tank kills two tourists | The Daily Telegraph
Exploding scuba tank kills two tourists
* September 24, 2010 5:04AM
AN exploding scuba diving tank killed two Polish tourists and seriously injured two others overnight on a Croatian island, officials said.
The first victim on the southern island of Vis was a 48-year-old Polish woman who died on the spot, a police spokeswoman said.
"The diving tank exploded while it was being unloaded from a boat on the coast in the port of Komiza," the transport and sea ministry said.
The cause of the blast was most likely a valve that popped out, it said.
Three other injured tourists - two men and a woman - were immediately transported to a hospital in the coastal town of Split on the mainland.
One of them, a 43-year-old man who sustained a head injury, died in the hospital overnight, its surgical department said.
The victims were in a group of 12 Polish tourists who arrived in Komiza to go scuba diving, the ministry said.
Croatia, which has a population of 4.4 million, attracts more than 10 million tourists each year, who mainly visit the country's Adriatic coast.
Note this is Accidents and Incidents forum.... so let's keep jokes aside.
from Exploding scuba tank kills two tourists | The Daily Telegraph
Exploding scuba tank kills two tourists
* September 24, 2010 5:04AM
AN exploding scuba diving tank killed two Polish tourists and seriously injured two others overnight on a Croatian island, officials said.
The first victim on the southern island of Vis was a 48-year-old Polish woman who died on the spot, a police spokeswoman said.
"The diving tank exploded while it was being unloaded from a boat on the coast in the port of Komiza," the transport and sea ministry said.
The cause of the blast was most likely a valve that popped out, it said.
Three other injured tourists - two men and a woman - were immediately transported to a hospital in the coastal town of Split on the mainland.
One of them, a 43-year-old man who sustained a head injury, died in the hospital overnight, its surgical department said.
The victims were in a group of 12 Polish tourists who arrived in Komiza to go scuba diving, the ministry said.
Croatia, which has a population of 4.4 million, attracts more than 10 million tourists each year, who mainly visit the country's Adriatic coast.
