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Appendix C. Asia-Pacific Diving Deaths 2010 (Excluding Australia) NZ-SC 10/02 The victim in this case, a 36-year-old male, was an experienced diver who, at the time, was diving for crayfish from a boat in water approximately 40 meters (131 feet) deep. He was seen to surface and call for help, before sinking. He re-surfaced briefly, with mask off, BCD deflated and weight belt on. Although those on the boat cut the anchor rope, the propeller fouled and they could not make headway so were unable to reach him before he sank. His body was found a month later. NZ-SC 10/03 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 the surface and went to check on him. He was face down with his mask on his forehead and regulator out. He showed no signs of life. CPR was performed without success. He was under weighted and the gauge he was using read higher than actual - both possibly contributing to his out of air situation. PHILIPPINES PH-SC 10/01 This man was participating in a technical dive to recover bodies from a sunken ferry at 67 meters (220 feet). At about 52 meters (171 feet) during the ascent, he indicated to his buddy that he was feeling unwell. He then ascended quickly to 43 meters (141 feet) where he became unconscious. He was taken to a recompression chamber where he initially appeared to be responding to treatment (i.e., regained consciousness and responded to commands), but died two hours later, reportedly from a cardiac episode. On initial inspections, nothing was found to be wrong with his equipment. PH-SC 10/02 This male diving instructor was diving as part of an ocean cleanup event. During the dive he felt ill and surfaced. He boarded the boat but died on the way to shore; apparently from a cardiac event. PH-SC 10/03 This 20-year-old man was a Korean tourist who was undertaking an Advanced Open Water course with three friends. At a depth of 19 meters (62 feet), he was seen to panic. He was found unconscious at the surface and rushed to hospital but failed to recover. PH-RB 10/01 This man, a highly experienced technical diver and instructor was ascending from a 147 meters (482 feet) dive made using a ‘Megalodon’ rebreather. At 87 meters (285 feet), his buddy noticed that he had let go of the line and was descending. The buddy started to descend but was unable to go further without personal risk and he had noted that the victim’s breathing loop was no longer in the victim’s mouth as he was sinking deeper. The body was never recovered. THAILAND TH-BH 10/01 This 63-year-old Swedish male was travelling as part of a tourist group. They were snorkeling over a coral reef when it is believed that the victim suffered a heart attack and died. TH-SC 10/01 This 47-year-old British man was an experienced cave and technical diving instructor. He had already completed a deep 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 alternate guideline within a cave that drops to 97 meters (318 feet). He was wearing twin cylinders. At a depth of around 20 meters (66 feet) he dropped off the guideline and was not seen again. The other divers surfaced to raise the alarm but the victim was not found. 106 Annual Diving Report – 2012-2015 Edition
Appendix C. Asia-Pacific Diving Deaths 2010 (Excluding Australia) TH-SC 10/02 This 32-year-old male had received some training in trimix diving from a friend who was trimix certified but not an instructor. He was attempting to dive on a wreck at 67 meters (219 feet) as part of an archeology group conducting surveys. He was using independent twin cylinders. One cylinder had a trimix and the other a 50% nitrox. For an unknown reason he swapped to the nitrox mix at 67 meters (219 feet) convulsed and died. TH-SS 10/01 This man, a 63-year-old tourist from India, was undertaking a surface supplied Reef Walk experience dive. After around 10-15 minutes, he was seen to clutch at his chest and ascend. He collapsed as he was boarding the boat and was not able to be revived. The tour guide told police that the victim had experienced breathing difficulties which the guide had attributed to the higher air pressures which was required to keep water out of the helmets. VANUATU VAN-BH 10/01 This 37-year-old New Zealand man was an experienced breathhold diver who had a history of previous blackouts on ascent. On the morning of the fatal dive, he completed a single scuba dive to the around 18 meters (59 feet). He was due to fly and therefore restricted himself to snorkeling in the afternoon. The others in his group were on scuba and reported him diving down to them at 18 meters (59 feet) before indicating he was going to a different part of the reef. Around 10-15 minutes later he was found on the bottom with blood around his nose and mask. He was brought to the surface unconscious and CPR was commenced but he was unable to be revived. VAN-BH 10/02 Very scant information known about this death. The victim was snorkeling off a well-known resort and was caught in a current and dragged out to sea where, presumably, he died. VIETNAM VN-BH 10/01 This 27-year-old male was a Russian tourist who had been scuba diving with a group from a tourist boat. It appears that he later re-entered the water to snorkel. Reports vary as to the circumstances of this fatality with some suggesting that the boat left without him and others stating that it was noticed that he was missing after 10 minutes and passengers were sent back on another boat so that the dive boat could search for him. His body was found five days later by a fisherman, some 800 meters (2,625 feet) from where he went missing. VN-BH 10/02 and 10/03 Dynamite fishing is still a relatively common, although illegal, practice in parts if Vietnam. In this incident, a group of three men, two Russians and a Frenchman, were snorkeling and it is reported that nearby fishermen were dynamiting for fish. The survivor (one of the Russians) recalls a blast before losing consciousness. He was pulled from the water unconscious and when he regained consciousness advised rescuers that his two companions were still missing. A search located their bodies. Annual Diving Report – 2012-2015 Edition 107
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