German jazz singer lost in sea cave - Tonga

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Put down your popcorn man, mea culpa
It was for the thread I linked, not this one.
 
From the article above:
Jeff Laurie, who operates the Whale Swim & Dive Tours, was the Dive Guide that led an illegal dive on Sunday, August 11 in ‘Eua, resulting in the death of a German tourist.
“Jeff Laurie, of Whale Swim & Dive Tours, did not have a licensed skipper on board his boat, as is required by law, and critical for the safety during Dive Expeditions, as they are responsible for monitoring divers coming to the surface and are able to pick them up out of the water.
Well, that's not good. Wonder if that would have made the difference in this case.
Missing German Diver, Marina Trost, apparently ran out of air in her scuba tank during the dive.
This is a little confusing. Did they find her body, or are they just figuring this is a safe assumption?
 
From the article above:
Well, that's not good. Wonder if that would have made the difference in this case.
This is a little confusing. Did they find her body, or are they just figuring this is a safe assumption?
From the article above

German tourist, Marina Trost, was lost at sea around ‘Eua on Sunday and her body has not been recovered since.

The article is just inaccurate
 
So her weight belt was found in the cave but sounds like her death might well be unrelated to there being a sea cave in the area.

Post #1
"...She had dived from a whale-watching boat with another woman and a dive-guide, who returned to report that Trost had left them and ascended some time earlier..."

That and
"....Jeff Laurie, of Whale Swim & Dive Tours, did not have a licensed skipper on board his boat, as is required by law, and critical for the safety during Dive Expeditions, as they are responsible for monitoring divers coming to the surface and are able to pick them up out of the water.." (source from posts 14 and 15: “Jeff Laurie, of Whale Swim & Dive Tours, did not have a licensed skipper on board his boat, as is required by law, and critical for the safety during Dive Expeditions, as they are responsible for monitoring divers coming to the surface and are able to pick them up out of the water..."
make it sound like she headed for the surface early & unaccompanied, and was never seen again.
It sounds like they do not know for a fact that she was lost inside that cave, so this thread headline might be inaccurate.
 

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