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Russian fatality on wreck dive - Thailand
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I saw something in a report to the fact that he had removed his gear before entering? If so, a very risky thing to do. I know of people who do this hunting crayfish. Not something I would do.
wgw04024
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'Removed his gear before entering 'the water' or 'a wreck'?
Entering the wreck. Tight spaces sometimes require the diver to do this. They remove their gear and push it ahead or pull it in once they have gotten through the restriction with their body.
From what I have read it is not even clear if he was using scuba gear. Report suggests he 'entered' without portable "oxygen" - ok we know they mean air, but as the report also say there was snorkelling going on, so was he actually snorkelling rather than scuba diving.
Equally strange that he was found on the surface, rather than trapped at depth. How deep is the wreck and was he even near it, if he entered and couldn't get out I would have expected his body to be trapped down there rather than float up to be found on the surface.
No mention of buddies so, so far I don't think there is enough yet to rule out a medical issue whilst snorkelling, rather than a scuba incident. - P
Equally strange that he was found on the surface, rather than trapped at depth. How deep is the wreck and was he even near it, if he entered and couldn't get out I would have expected his body to be trapped down there rather than float up to be found on the surface.
No mention of buddies so, so far I don't think there is enough yet to rule out a medical issue whilst snorkelling, rather than a scuba incident. - P
22 metres to the deck, 30 metres to the seabed, looking at a couple of videos on youtube there is no need to remove tanks to enter. A large wreck with plenty of big openings. - P
To correct the above article and rumours a bit. I have been personally at the scene and recovered the victims body.
He was a Snorkeler and not a diver, so he never had Scuba equipment.
No one have known that he gonna do free Diving, his Russian friend told us afterwards.
At the moment when the incident happened were 4 Diving boats at the HTMS Chang. I personally did the first search with another instructor, meanwhile small boats were searching the area to cover a wide area. After the first search we were sending down 3 other search teams to cover all rooms what he might could have entered. The marine police and rescue were instantly informed and as well prepared to do a big search. One of the dive boats left the wreck, on their way to Hin Raap they were spotting the victims body floating on the surface. We have recovered the victim and had a doctor on board, but it was already to late.
On this day were probably around 60 Divers plus a bunch of Snorkelers on the wreck and nobody have seen anything, apart from seeing him going down a couple of times to around 7-8 meters.
He was a Snorkeler and not a diver, so he never had Scuba equipment.
No one have known that he gonna do free Diving, his Russian friend told us afterwards.
At the moment when the incident happened were 4 Diving boats at the HTMS Chang. I personally did the first search with another instructor, meanwhile small boats were searching the area to cover a wide area. After the first search we were sending down 3 other search teams to cover all rooms what he might could have entered. The marine police and rescue were instantly informed and as well prepared to do a big search. One of the dive boats left the wreck, on their way to Hin Raap they were spotting the victims body floating on the surface. We have recovered the victim and had a doctor on board, but it was already to late.
On this day were probably around 60 Divers plus a bunch of Snorkelers on the wreck and nobody have seen anything, apart from seeing him going down a couple of times to around 7-8 meters.
Hi Christian, thanks for the clarification, and welcome to Scubaboard. Reading the article it seemed more likely to me that the deceased had been snorkelling rather than diving.
Phil
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