Diver missing in South Norway

[Storker]

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A man in his 20s went missing from his dive buddies Monday Oct 5th. Emergency services were alerted Monday evening between 7pm and 8pm local time, and search was initiated as soon as possible. The search last night was difficult, due to rough weather with winds up to 25 knots. Private vessels were discouraged from participating in the search due to the conditions. As of Tuesday morning, there was still a hope that he had survived the night if he had just been separated from his buddies, as he was wearing a drysuit. However, as of now (Tuesday 2:45 pm local time), there is still no trace of the man. The weather is still rough, making the search operation difficult.

---------- Post added October 6th, 2015 at 10:51 PM ----------

Update: The search has been called off after 24 hours, due to the risk for the search personnel versus the probability for finding the man alive. The weather in the area is still rough.

The last observation of the man was just before he was reported missing on Monday evening at 19:25. He was at the surface and in no apparent distress, but he disappeared in the surface current.

A body search will be started when the weather permits it.

The name of the assumed victim has been released to the media. He was 20 years old.

https://translate.google.com/transl...ndet/avbryter-leteaksjonen-i-sogne-1.12589322

 

[jboneng]

A 20 year old man from Risør is missing, assumed dead. He was taken by the current before he could desscend, the search have been stopped because the weather is to bad to continue the search (reports of waves height over 3m).

some google translated news articles:
Fædrelansvennen 1
Fædrelansvennen 2
NRK

Edit: the title of this thread should say "presumed dead"

 

[Storker]

The body of a dead diver has been found less than 100 meters from where the divers' boat was moored. It is assumed that this is the missing diver from three weeks ago.


Søgne diving club did a deep training dive today, and they combined their training dive with a search for the missing diver. At about 16:00 local time the divers observed a body at 38 meters' depth, 90 meters from the sea mark where the boat of the divers who lost their buddy was moored. They tied a rope to the body, and as of 21:05 local time the body had been recovered by rescue divers. What's confusing to me is that when the diver was reported missing, media reported that the diver had last been observed on the surface, being swept away by the current. The body was located less than 100 meters from where the boat was. I assume that this may be due to the fallibility of the human brain when it comes to remembering details in a stressed situation.

At least, the family can get some closure now.

Google translated article