The report of the Asikkala accident which claimed life of the diver was availablle online this week but now I cannot find it anymore. It was quoted by one of the newspapers. Below is a summary of the report based on what I can recall.
The dive plan was to fetch sunken frisbees from the bottom. Max. depth was 4-5m and the turnaround based on a visual reference (a bridge over the canal).
Accidentally divers drifted under ice cover where they eventually tried to surface, just to notice they are trapped under the ice. Another diver paniced and despite his buddy's effort to calm him down, he unfortunately passed out. Additionally the victim had some issues with his buoancy due to frozen gears (BCD, suite inflator?)
The report stated that only one diver had a compass and they had no lines because it was supposed to be a vis reference dive.
Once the diver had paniced and passed out, his buddy marked his friend with SMB (and begun to tow his unconsious buddy?) out of ice covered area. However, first he accidentally took an incorrect compass bearing and headed further underneath ice. He realised (luckily) his mistake on time and corrected bearing to head out to clear water. Once out of water he called help but the victim never resuscitated and passed away.
The dive plan was to fetch sunken frisbees from the bottom. Max. depth was 4-5m and the turnaround based on a visual reference (a bridge over the canal).
Accidentally divers drifted under ice cover where they eventually tried to surface, just to notice they are trapped under the ice. Another diver paniced and despite his buddy's effort to calm him down, he unfortunately passed out. Additionally the victim had some issues with his buoancy due to frozen gears (BCD, suite inflator?)
The report stated that only one diver had a compass and they had no lines because it was supposed to be a vis reference dive.
Once the diver had paniced and passed out, his buddy marked his friend with SMB (and begun to tow his unconsious buddy?) out of ice covered area. However, first he accidentally took an incorrect compass bearing and headed further underneath ice. He realised (luckily) his mistake on time and corrected bearing to head out to clear water. Once out of water he called help but the victim never resuscitated and passed away.
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