"Unfortunately there has been a scuba death in the waters of Milne Bay,
PNG (Papua New Guinea), the first one ever. The person was a 75 year
old Canadian female with 3,200 dives logged with vast experience diving
in PNG waters and with this operator. She had gone in before her buddy
and had not waited for her buddy on the surface but immediately
descended. Her buddy promptly went in after her but upon descent could
not locate her on the top of the reef or at the edge of the drop off. He
then surfaced and notified all remaining divers and some crew who went
in to try and locate her but unfortunately to no avail. All indications
show that she may have been suffering from stomach cancer and was on
quite a cocktail of painkillers and drugs that aid in the treatment of
severe stomach ulcers. An air and sea search was carried out by
operators in the area and through the Canadian and Australian High
Commissions in PNG but her body or any remains and gear has not been
located. The diver was on air, not nitrox or trimix."
Here's another diver death for you guys to blame on "solo" diving...
I'm sure PADI OW standards were somehow resposible too.
And remember, even at 3,200 dives, her OW instructor was responsible, according to some.