The diver who died on 7/1 2018 in a breaking room of about 25m deep at the adventure mine Tuna-Hästberg outside Borlänge has been salvaged on Friday afternoon 12/1. The effort went well and the body was located just over 250 meters into a mining depth of 22 meters. It was on Sunday as a team of 3 experienced divers from Finland appeared in the mine. One of the divers, a woman, got problems trying to be remedied but she was panicked and dying. Her two comrades then returned, after several attempts to control the situation, to the surface and personnel from the mine, SOS. When either the rescue service or the police have the knowledge and equipment to carry out the type of diving required, the police requested support from the Armed Forces. The mine's own diver with high skills were in place but could not be used when they did not belong to a state organization or authority. The Armed Forces diver has previously done around 50 dives in the Adventure Mine so they had good local knowledge and high skills. Klartecken arrived on Wednesday evening from the Armed Forces and all parties involved planned the initiative together on Thursday evening in the old school in Tuna-Hästberg. The personnel that implemented the work came from the SSS, the Fourth Naval Fleet and the Defense Material Workshop (FMV). Even diver from the seagoing police, the rescue service and an expert from the Finnish Coast Guard were in place. Cooperation with Finland was made within the project "Dive Smart Baltic" and their representative has extensive experience with over 100 dives in the mine earlier. The adventure mine's staff included expertise, adviser and responsible for logistics. The entire effort was made according to the mine's previously worked out routines. On Friday morning, a reconnaissance dive was filmed first. When the dives came up we watched the film together and then realized that it would be a little more complicated than we first thought because the body was about 40m further into the next breakroom. In the afternoon, the salvage was carried out. With the help of, among other things, an underwater scooter, the woman's body could be carburized. After 28 minutes the Armed Forces diver was up to six meters deep and was then met by the diver from the seapolis who brought the body to the surface. The adventure mine was then responsible for transport up to the ground surface according to previously used routines. Before the group left the mining area, an hour-long debriefing was conducted under the emergency services management. The adventure mine also had its own debriefing with its staff. The cause of the accident will only be announced when the police investigation is completed. We at the Adventure Mine are very pleased with our staff and their efforts from the accident to happen until the body is saved. Thank you to all who have heard and offered help and support. A special thanks to Sahlins Struts who put up with wonderful good food and coffee to everyone involved in the Friday. / Daniel Karlsson, Operations Manager, Adventure
