Night diver dies off Tseung Kwan O
According to the SCMP a 44 year old diver died while doing a night dive to catch fish with friends off Tseung Kwan O industrial estate on Monday night. Contrary to an initial report that I was told about yesterday he was not a commercial diver.
Apparently he went into the water around 22:00 and his friends called the police at 00:33 when they could not find him. He was found about an hour later floating 50 metres from the waterfront, but was certified dead on arrival at Tseung Kwan O hospital. He was described as a licensed diver who had dived in the area before. It was not clear whether he was diving with a buddy, and if so how they became separated.
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Tags: Incidents
July 3rd, 2009 at 10:23 am
[...] I’ve heard a report from one of the Chinese news websites that a diver died after diving at Tung Ping Chau last night. He was reported to have had trouble breathing and Marine Police were called. The incident happened at around 11:35pm and he was taken to Prince of Wales hospital where he was pronounced dead. There only seem to have been 2 people on the boat. It sounds a bit like the night diver who died at Tseung Kwan O in April. [...]
June 15th, 2010 at 7:09 am
Nice blog. Hope to see more. This will help divers who will be more careful in diving in diving areas.