One Dead, One Hospitalized - Florida

[DandyDon]

One dead, one in hospital after diving incident

One person is dead and another is in the hospital after an incident this afternoon in the Intercoastal Waterway near Tyndall Air Force Base

Four people were apparently diving from an inflatable zodiac at about 2:30 this afternoon when the incident occurred, U.S Coast Guard Investigators said Thursday.

They said it was a commercial dive and have interviewed the entire crew as well as conducted a drug test on the dive partner.

A safety audit of the commercial dive facility will be conducted Friday, along with other tests to determine the cause of the divers death.

The name of the deceased diver will not be released until next-of-kin is notified.
The investigation is ongoing.

 

[GrumpyBoz]

DannyDon, Do you have any additional information on this? The Diver was a buddy of mine, a Retired Master Sergeant, Combat Diver, and Dive Supervisor. He was testing a Re-breather for another Military Unit when it happened.
If not, do you know how to request the results from the Coast Guard?

 

[DandyDon]

DannyDon, Do you have any additional information on this?

Sorry, no. All I find are initial news stories usually, and those don't go into depth or followup generally. If we get more, it's usually from people close to incident like yourself.

I suppose more could be requested from the Coast Guard, but I would not know how exactly.

 

[GrumpyBoz]

Thanks for the info.

 

[The Chairman]

@Wookie might be able to suss that out.

 

[MMM]

@Wookie might be able to suss that out.

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I'm confused...

 

[caruso]

I'm confused...

Simple. They don't want members speculating until it's confirmed by a reliable 3rd party.

 

[Snoweman]

Simple. They don't want members speculating until it's confirmed by a reliable 3rd party.

By members, you mean The Chairman???

 

[northernone]

military man diving accident

View Thomas Biddle's Obituary and express your condolences

My search did not return anything else. I am sorry.