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A 40-year-old Las Vegas man died Sunday while participating in a dive in the area of a submerged flying boat that crashed into Lake Mead in 1949.
The man, whose identity was not released, died about 3 p.m. after rangers with the National Park Service could not save his life with cardiopulmonary resuscitation, said Roxanne Dey, spokeswoman for the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
The victim was doing a technical dive with three other Las Vegas men when he apparently had a problem with his air supply, Dey said.
Technical divers typically dive in water more than 130 feet deep. They use breathing gas mixtures other than air and have to ascend slowly with decompression stops, she said.
The park service is investigating the death, which was the first for the popular diving site in the Boulder Basin part of the lake, she said.
The Navy flying boat was converted for civilian use when it took off for a test flight from the Boulder City Airport on Oct. 24, 1949. Failing landing gear caused the boat to flip, burn and sink when it was making a test landing.
A 40-year-old Las Vegas man died Sunday while participating in a dive in the area of a submerged flying boat that crashed into Lake Mead in 1949.
The man, whose identity was not released, died about 3 p.m. after rangers with the National Park Service could not save his life with cardiopulmonary resuscitation, said Roxanne Dey, spokeswoman for the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
The victim was doing a technical dive with three other Las Vegas men when he apparently had a problem with his air supply, Dey said.
Technical divers typically dive in water more than 130 feet deep. They use breathing gas mixtures other than air and have to ascend slowly with decompression stops, she said.
The park service is investigating the death, which was the first for the popular diving site in the Boulder Basin part of the lake, she said.
The Navy flying boat was converted for civilian use when it took off for a test flight from the Boulder City Airport on Oct. 24, 1949. Failing landing gear caused the boat to flip, burn and sink when it was making a test landing.