The body of the 41-year-old Russian is said to be located 120 meters deep in the Attersee, was announced in early May, by the police. The police special unit Cobra should take over the emergence of the dead.
We reported.
As it turns out, the forces still had to dive deeper than expected. At a depth of 143.5 meters, the dead diver Saturday was finally rescued shortly after midnight at the dive site "Ofen" with a diving robot. The 41-year-old's diving equipment was also secured, according to the police.
Eleven members of the water rescue in action
With two boats and an underwater camera were eleven members of the water rescue Unterach and Nussdorf (bases on the Attersee) and Salzburg on Saturday at 19 clock to a new salvage attempt broken, as the police said.
The diver was reported as abeam on April 20. An immediately initiated search action was unsuccessful. On May 5, the corpse of the Russian was located.
The rescue of the dead diver had to be postponed on Monday for the time being. Because a dive on - as originally suspected - 120 meters are also dangerous for professionals of the Cobra. The plan was to recover the corpse with a robot.
What was the cause of the deadly dive has yet to be determined.
The prosecutor Wels has ordered an autopsy. However, there is no evidence of third-party debt, according to Birgit Ahamer of the public prosecutor's office Wels opposite the APA. You can expect a result in the course of the week.
