Diver Fatality - Scapa

Sad news - below from BBC website. Condolences to family and friends

"Body found in missing diver hunt

A body has been discovered in the search for a diver missing off the coast of Orkney.
The alarm was raised on Monday when a sports diver was reported overdue from the dive vessel MV Sunrise in Scapa Flow.

The man was diving on the wreck of the German light cruiser Brummer when he went missing.

Northern Constabulary said the discovery was made within the wreck and that a police diving team would attempt a recovery on Tuesday. "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3162844.stm

Body has now been recovered after specialist divers were called in.

This from The Orcadian website

Scapa Flow diver's body recovered

The body of a diver missing in Scapa Flow since last Monday was recovered on Sunday.

Divers from the Royal Navy Northern Diving Group, based at Faslane, recovered the remains of 53-year-old David Graham Hickson, of Little Lever, Bolton, Lancashire. Mr Hickson had been diving on the German Light cruiser Brummer, which lies in 35 metres of water north west of Cava.

A police spokesman said a report on the incident will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal in Kirkwall in due course.

Any info on what caused the accident?

its so sad to hear about one of our own passing away in a sport we all enjoy! makes me think about safety alot more!