Trapped Cave Diver - France

[DandyDon]

Accident de spéléologie dans le Lot : un homme coincé sous l'eau à Espagnac-Sainte-Eulalie
Google translation: Speleology accident in the Lot: a man trapped underwater in Espagnac-Sainte-Eulalie

Published on 7/13/2020 at 6:19 PM , update at 6:35 p.m.

A serious speleological accident is underway in the town of Espagnac-Sainte-Eulalie. A man, aged about forty, has been trapped underwater at the emergence of the Bial, in the hamlet of Sainte-Elalie since 1:30 p.m. this Monday, July 13. For the moment, no information on the diver's state of health has been communicated.

It was his two diving companions who alerted the emergency services after having managed to return to the shore. Firefighters, the gendarmerie and the Spéléo Secours Français are on the scene. The operation should last several hours more. A Marseillan team, specialized in underwater accidents, should also arrive in the evening.

"It is a place with very little traffic, as a rule. You have to be warned to dive here," says Jean-Louis Cabrignac, deputy mayor.

 

[DandyDon]

Body recovered: 2020-07-13 - Source bleue - 46 - Spéléo Secours Français
Google translation...

July 13, 2020 - 11:44
pm The body of the diver who disappeared this afternoon was brought out of the resurgence at 11:30 p.m. by a team of 4 SSF divers assisted by SSF46 rescuers, as part of a Judicial Police Operation.

July 13, 2020 -
8:45 pm A mixed SSF46 / SSF national operation is currently underway on the resurgence of the Blue Source (or Bial) in the town of Sainte-Eulalie Espagnac to find a diver who disappeared at the beginning of after midday.

 

[chillyinCanada]

Darn
I'd been hoping that since his buddies knrw where he was that they'd have been feeding him gas

 

[Nirvana]

Darn
I'd been hoping that since his buddies knrw where he was that they'd have been feeding him gas

I would guess that, even though the first news piece reports a diver being trapped, it was a case of a team member getting separated and lost, and not that there was a sudden blockage of a tunnel. The “trapped” part should refer to the cave itself. Note that the second reporting talks about a diver “who disappeared”.