Israeli woman dies off Aqaba - Jordon

[DandyDon]

So many of these fatal stories seem to include "lost consciousness while diving" and we seldom know why. Cardiac events are suspected and rumored, but generally unproven at news time. I do know that if the diver does not test the tanks personally for CO, s/he is only the hope that the air is safe and won't yield the same outcome and report. I bet a lot of compressors are quietly serviced and tanks drained after such accidents. TG for affordable 21st century technology, so we can chose to avoid that risk...

Israel Hayom | Israeli woman dies in scuba diving accident off Aqaba coast

A 60-year-old Israeli woman vacationing in Jordan with her family drowned off the Aqaba shore over the weekend in what investigators described as a scuba diving accident. As of Sunday afternoon Israel time, the woman's name had yet to be released.​

According to eyewitness accounts, the woman apparently lost consciousness while diving, although the reasons were still unclear.​

She was taken to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Jordanian police opened an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the woman's death.​

Israel's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that after an inquiry was performed, it would begin the process of transferring the body to Israel for burial.​

Located just across the border from Eilat, Aqaba is situated on the Red Sea and is a tourist hub for scuba diving enthusiasts, with 25 different diving centers dispersed along the city's shoreline.​