This Saturday, July 22, a 55-year-old man who was diving to 70 meters with a rebreather, in the Cavalière sector in Le Lavandou never came to the surface, his buddy having seen him sink. While he had about twenty minutes of autonomy, the diving director of this informed professional support immediately gave the alert around 11:50 a.m. to the Regional Operational Center for Surveillance and Rescue of the Mediterranean (CROSS Med).
The Lavandou SNSM and the Dauphin of the French Navy engaged
An important research device in an area between Cap Nègre and Pointe de la Fossette, as well as south of Pointe du Layet has been engaged: the Dauphin Guepard Victor helicopter from the 35F flotilla of the French Navy; the 2nd class launch SNS 222 Patron Memin Giraudo from the National Sea Rescue Society (SNSM) station in Le Lavandou.
The search stops at 1 p.m.
Unfortunately, "all the investigations carried out in the sector proving unsuccessful, the maritime prefect of the Mediterranean announced the cessation of research shortly after 1 p.m.", communicated, Saturday evening, the maritime prefecture of the Mediterranean. The investigation is now entrusted to the operational center of the Mediterranean maritime gendarmerie.
"Without presuming the circumstances that led to these operations being triggered" , the maritime prefecture of the Mediterranean and the CROSS Med wanted to recall on Saturday evening that "diving remains a risky sport and requires respecting a few precautionary principles to practice it in the best safety conditions: Prepare your dive and check the good condition of your equipment; Do not dive alone, favor diving in a professional structure; Know your abilities and not overestimate your physical condition, especially for resuming activity after several months of stoppage; Know alert er when an unforeseen event occurs by telephone on 196 or VHF channel 16 for rapid medical care in the event of suspected decompression sickness.
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