Unknown Two abandoned drifters rescued by ferry, one hospitalized - Western Australia

[saph]

Disgraceful behaviour by the Wildcat crew, this is gross negligence and should be prosecuted.

One of the few people you dont ever mess with here is the maritine people, they will get their steak if you know what i mean, more so if there is any recording of it, vhf recording will be hell on earth for them and their stuff is getting a fine tooth comb now for any incidents or something out of order.

One of the divers is welcoming the investigation: Scuba diver left behind in ocean welcomes safety investigation

 

[Anish]

I know Ozzies are laid back but this is taking it too far!

 

[Endler's]

Lessons never learned, even after losing the Lonergans.

 

[Scared Silly]

One article quoted the dive op as replying to the discovery: “I don’t mind if you want to put them back in the water and we can pick them up.”

‘Put them back in the water’: Rottnest ferry rescues divers ‘stranded’ by tour boat off WA coast

Two men were allegedly left behind during an organised diving tour, stranded for hours before help arrived.

www.watoday.com.au

Why would these two divers want to get back into the water so to have the dive op pick them up? Some one at the dive op was obvious narc'd.

I would probably be so lividly pissed (North American pissed, not Australian pissed) that when it came to retrieving my personal possessions from the dive op's boat a police escort would be needed so keep me from sinking the boat.

 

[Johnoly]

... that when it came to retrieving my personal possessions from the dive op's boat

I wonder what the captain said when he saw all that extra extra gear under the seats ?? And how come the passengers sitting next to the empty seats didn't speak up on the return trip ??

 

[Pressurehead]

Today in the news:

Scuba diver left behind in ocean welcomes safety investigation

A man who was picked up by a Perth ferry after his dive boat left him behind says failing to account for every diver before leaving a site is unacceptable.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Tom Winters]

Geez, I dived with PDA at Rottnest in 1986. Those guys must have been on the inside of the island towards the mainland for the ferry to see them.
On the outside two or three miles offshore, the next stop is the east coast of Africa, but not to worry, the boys will get you first.

 

[Dan]

the boys will get you first.

You mean the white sharks?

 

[Tom Winters]

The waters there are those cool green waters. It’s a little north of the prime grounds down by Albany out to the Bight, but they come through.

 

[rongoodman]

Or the

You mean the white sharks?

Or oceanic whitetips.