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Appendix C. Asia-Pacific Diving Deaths 2010 (Excluding Australia)<br />
NZ-SC 10/02<br />
The victim in this case, a 36-year-old male, was an experienced diver who, at the time, was diving for crayfish from a<br />
boat in water approximately 40 meters (131 feet) deep. He was seen to surface and call for help, before sinking. He<br />
re-surfaced briefly, with mask off, BCD deflated and weight belt on. Although those on the boat cut the anchor rope, the<br />
propeller fouled and they could not make headway so were unable to reach him before he sank. His body was found a<br />
month later.<br />
NZ-SC 10/03<br />
This 40 year-old male was diving for paua. He had planned to dive for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes his friend saw him on<br />
the surface and went to check on him. He was face down with his mask on his forehead and regulator out. He showed<br />
no signs of life. CPR was performed without success. He was under weighted and the gauge he was using read higher<br />
than actual - both possibly contributing to his out of air situation.<br />
PHILIPPINES<br />
PH-SC 10/01<br />
This man was participating in a technical dive to recover bodies from a sunken ferry at 67 meters (220 feet). At about<br />
52 meters (171 feet) during the ascent, he indicated to his buddy that he was feeling unwell. He then ascended quickly<br />
to 43 meters (141 feet) where he became unconscious. He was taken to a recompression chamber where he initially<br />
appeared to be responding to treatment (i.e., regained consciousness and responded to commands), but died two hours<br />
later, reportedly from a cardiac episode. On initial inspections, nothing was found to be wrong with his equipment.<br />
PH-SC 10/02<br />
This male diving instructor was diving as part of an ocean cleanup event. During the dive he felt ill and surfaced. He<br />
boarded the boat but died on the way to shore; apparently from a cardiac event.<br />
PH-SC 10/03<br />
This 20-year-old man was a Korean tourist who was undertaking an Advanced Open Water course with three friends. At<br />
a depth of 19 meters (62 feet), he was seen to panic. He was found unconscious at the surface and rushed to hospital<br />
but failed to recover.<br />
PH-RB 10/01<br />
This man, a highly experienced technical diver and instructor was ascending from a 147 meters (482 feet) dive made<br />
using a ‘Megalodon’ rebreather. At 87 meters (285 feet), his buddy noticed that he had let go of the line and was descending.<br />
The buddy started to descend but was unable to go further without personal risk and he had noted that the<br />
victim’s breathing loop was no longer in the victim’s mouth as he was sinking deeper. The body was never recovered.<br />
THAILAND<br />
TH-BH 10/01<br />
This 63-year-old Swedish male was travelling as part of a tourist group. They were snorkeling over a coral reef when it<br />
is believed that the victim suffered a heart attack and died.<br />
TH-SC 10/01<br />
This 47-year-old British man was an experienced cave and technical diving instructor. He had already completed a deep<br />
air dive on this day and this second dive was planned to be to 30 meters (98 feet) in order to show another group to an<br />
alternate guideline within a cave that drops to 97 meters (318 feet). He was wearing twin cylinders. At a depth of around<br />
20 meters (66 feet) he dropped off the guideline and was not seen again. The other divers surfaced to raise the alarm<br />
but the victim was not found.<br />
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