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	<title>Diving Thoughts &#187; Incidents</title>
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	<description>A Neil&#039;s eye view of the diving world</description>
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		<title>South Korean Military Diver Dies on Sunken Warship</title>
		<link>http://www.divethoughts.com/south-korean-military-diver-dies-on-sunken-warship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A diver has died while searching for survivors on the wreck of the Cheonan, which sank after an explosion last Friday. The current thinking is that the ship hit a North Korean mine, in disputed waters. Although the Defence Minister has said it could have been either a mine left over from the Korean War [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pulau Aur rebreather death</title>
		<link>http://www.divethoughts.com/pulau-aur-rebreather-death/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marcus Lim, a doctor in Singapore and a well-known underwater photographer died on a rebreather dive on the Seven Skies wreck at Pulau Aur in Malaysia. Some more information here and here.]]></description>
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		<title>NZ diver almost drowns in weed</title>
		<link>http://www.divethoughts.com/nz-diver-almost-drowns-in-weed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neil</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.divethoughts.com/?p=1367</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When we think of entanglement hazards in Hong Kong, we&#8217;re normally thinking about fishing nets, but a diver in Wellington got trapped in weeds at Owhiro Bay earlier today. He&#8217;s now in a serious condition in Wellington hospital. There is more in the New Zealand Herald.]]></description>
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		<title>More on Ping Chau diver&#8217;s death</title>
		<link>http://www.divethoughts.com/more-on-ping-chau-divers-death/</link>
		<comments>http://www.divethoughts.com/more-on-ping-chau-divers-death/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday SCMP had a story about the diver who died while diving off Ping Chau on Thursday night. He was part of a group of over 10 people who were staying in a rented house there and had been diving by day and night. His name was Cheng Cheuk-yin and he was 50 years old [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diver dies at Tung Ping Chau</title>
		<link>http://www.divethoughts.com/diver-dies-at-tung-ping-chau/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neil</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.divethoughts.com/?p=1197</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK diver presumed lost off France</title>
		<link>http://www.divethoughts.com/uk-diver-presumed-lost-off-france/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A British diver in his 60&#8242;s has been reported missing while diving the Empire Javelin, a D-Day landing vessel. The wreck is in 60 metres of water 22 miles north of Cherbourg. He was part of a group of divers who were diving on 23 June from a charter boat. There is a brief report [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report into the Port Island fatality</title>
		<link>http://www.divethoughts.com/report-into-the-por-island-fatality/</link>
		<comments>http://www.divethoughts.com/report-into-the-por-island-fatality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just come across a report into the fatal accident off Port Island (Chek Chau / 赤洲) on 27 July 2008, where a diver was killed by a turning propellor. It was compiled by the Marine Accident Investigation Section of the Marine Department. This report is not intended to apportion blame or liability, but to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Divers body found</title>
		<link>http://www.divethoughts.com/divers-body-found/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 07:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The body of the diver who went missing off Bluff Island has been found. This from the SCMP: &#8220;The body of Ho Hing-tung, 45, a paediatric doctor at Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, who went missing while diving in Sai Kung on Sunday, has been found. The body was found on the seabed by divers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carl Spencer dies on the Britannic</title>
		<link>http://www.divethoughts.com/carl-spencer-dies-on-the-britannic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.divethoughts.com/carl-spencer-dies-on-the-britannic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 06:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carl Spencer, a highly regarded British diver, has died after suffering severe decompression sickness after a dive on the Britannic. He had been leading a National Geographic Society expedition to film the wreck. Apparently witnesses saw him suffering convulsions while filming the Britannic&#8217;s bow, before rapidly ascending to the surface missing decompression stops. He was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Search to resume</title>
		<link>http://www.divethoughts.com/search-to-resume/</link>
		<comments>http://www.divethoughts.com/search-to-resume/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 02:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Again, from SCMP&#8217;s brief section - &#8220;Search for diver to resume today A search for a diver who went missing on Sunday off Bluff Island in Sai Kung was suspended at 6.30pm yesterday and was to resume today. The man, surnamed Ho, 46, entered the water with about 20 divers at Ung Kong Wan at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Search for missing diver</title>
		<link>http://www.divethoughts.com/search-for-missing-diver/</link>
		<comments>http://www.divethoughts.com/search-for-missing-diver/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 05:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not got much detail on this, but the SCMP&#8217;s &#8220;In Brief&#8221; section has the following: &#8220;Rescuers search for missing diver A man in his 30s or 40s was reported missing after going diving at Ung Kong Wan in Sai Kung at 3.40pm. Rescuers were continuing to search for him last night. &#8221; Ung Kong Wan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Night diver dies off Tseung Kwan O</title>
		<link>http://www.divethoughts.com/night-diver-dies-off-tseung-kwan-o/</link>
		<comments>http://www.divethoughts.com/night-diver-dies-off-tseung-kwan-o/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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