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Another diver death on the Costa Brava, this time the body was found in a cave.
My translation:
The body of the missing diver found in a cave in L'Escala.
The diver who disappeared while diving the caves between la Punta de les Tres Coves (the point of three caves) and the islands of Cala Farriol in the municipal of L'Escala, Girona has been found dead on Thursday at around 13.30h.
According to information from the Guardia Civil, a group of Specialists in Submarine Activities (GEAS) were who found the body and removed it from the water.
The operation was directed by the Guardia Civil, who has jurisdiction over the sea, and who from Wednesday, when it was known that someone had disappeared, had members of the group diving up to 25 metres in the cave.
Members of the National Group of Advanced Cave Diving from the Guardia Civil had also arrived from various points of Spain.
Firemen from the Generalitat, Guardia Civil and Mossos d'Esquadra also participated in the search on Wednesday after the diver's companions lost track of him.
Firemen were moved to three terrestrial locations after receiving news, 12 hours after the man had disappeared.
The man, of Spanish nationality, was cave-diving with his son and two other divers, one Swiss and the other Spanish in an unmapped and practically unknown cave, close to the cave Les Betes.
All the divers managed to leave the cave minus the victim who was trapped inside.
And from the Catalan Press:
This article differs by saying that:
- The body still hasn't been removed due to difficult conditions.
- Diver was Michael Astor, 51 years old from Viladecans who was holidaying at Torroella de Fluvia with his family.
- When the divers surfaced and realised they were missing a diver they alerted Emergency Services.
- Head of Rescue Operations, Fernando Aguirre, explained that the victim and his diving companions had committed an imprudent act because they entered an uncatalogued cave that doesn't appear on maps, a place called a "sinister hole". It seems they entered the cave without adequate training or material.
Localizan muerto al submarinista desaparecido en una cueva de L'Escala
El submarinista desaparecido mientras buceaba en cuevas situadas entre la Punta de les Tres Coves y los islotes de Cala Farriol en el término municipal de L'Escala (Girona) ha sido localizado sin vida este jueves sobre las 13.30 horas.
Según han informado a Europa Press fuentes de la Guardia Civil, un grupo de Especialistas en Actividades Subacuáticas (Geas) ha sido quien ha encontrado el cadáver y le ha sacado del agua.
El operativo ha estado dirigido por la Guardia Civil, que tiene las competencias en el mar, y que desde este miércoles, cuando se dio por desaparecido al hombre, tiene a miembros del grupo de buceadores realizando inmersiones hasta avanzar unos 25 metros en la cueva.
Además, se estaba desplazado al lugar el Grupo Nacional de Espeleobuceo Avanzado de la Guardia Civil, desde varios puntos de España.
En la búsqueda han participado Bomberos de la Generalitat, Guardia Civil y Mossos d'Esquadra, desde este miércoles después de que unos compañeros perdiesen su rastro.
Los bomberos desplazaron este miércoles a tres dotaciones terrestres después de haber recibido aviso hacia las 12 horas de su desaparición.
El hombre, de nacionalidad española, estaba practicando espeleobuceo acompañado de su hijo y otros dos buceadores, uno suizo y otro español, en una cueva no cartografiada y prácticamente desconocida, próxima a la denominada Les Betes.
Todos los submarinistas consiguieron salir de la cueva menos la víctima, que quedó atrapada en el interior.
My translation:
The body of the missing diver found in a cave in L'Escala.
The diver who disappeared while diving the caves between la Punta de les Tres Coves (the point of three caves) and the islands of Cala Farriol in the municipal of L'Escala, Girona has been found dead on Thursday at around 13.30h.
According to information from the Guardia Civil, a group of Specialists in Submarine Activities (GEAS) were who found the body and removed it from the water.
The operation was directed by the Guardia Civil, who has jurisdiction over the sea, and who from Wednesday, when it was known that someone had disappeared, had members of the group diving up to 25 metres in the cave.
Members of the National Group of Advanced Cave Diving from the Guardia Civil had also arrived from various points of Spain.
Firemen from the Generalitat, Guardia Civil and Mossos d'Esquadra also participated in the search on Wednesday after the diver's companions lost track of him.
Firemen were moved to three terrestrial locations after receiving news, 12 hours after the man had disappeared.
The man, of Spanish nationality, was cave-diving with his son and two other divers, one Swiss and the other Spanish in an unmapped and practically unknown cave, close to the cave Les Betes.
All the divers managed to leave the cave minus the victim who was trapped inside.
And from the Catalan Press:
L'Escala
Localitzen el cos sense vida del submarinista desaparegut a l'Escala
Redacció Actualitzat a les 16:00 h
02/08/2012 Agents dels Grups Especials d'Activitats Subaquàtiques (GEAS) de la Guàrdia Civil han localitzat aquest dijous al migdia el cos sense vida del submarinista desaparegut aquest dimecres a la costa del Montgrí, entre l'Estartit i l'Escala. De tota manera, l'operatiu de rescat encara no el pot treure de l'aigua perquè està en una zona molt complicada.
Michael Astor, de 51 anys, nacionalitat espanyola i veí de Viladecans, estava passant uns dies a Torroella de Fluvià amb la família i dimecres va anar a practicar espeleobusseig amb tres persones més. Quan el grup va sortir a la superfície, els companys es van adonar que Astor no havia pujat i van alertar els serveis d'emergència.
El responsable de l'operatiu de recerca, Fernando Aguirre, ha explicat que la víctima i els seus companys van cometre una imprudència perquè es van endinsar en una cova que no està catalogada ni apareix als mapes de rutes, un lloc que ha qualificat de "forat sinistre". Sembla que es van endinsar en una cova sense tenir el material adequat ni la formació.
This article differs by saying that:
- The body still hasn't been removed due to difficult conditions.
- Diver was Michael Astor, 51 years old from Viladecans who was holidaying at Torroella de Fluvia with his family.
- When the divers surfaced and realised they were missing a diver they alerted Emergency Services.
- Head of Rescue Operations, Fernando Aguirre, explained that the victim and his diving companions had committed an imprudent act because they entered an uncatalogued cave that doesn't appear on maps, a place called a "sinister hole". It seems they entered the cave without adequate training or material.
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