20 Oct 2008:
Diver from USA died after an accident beside Snake Island near Nanaimo on Saturday.### Rescued diver died in hospital. ### New technology to save divers' lives
Diver from USA died after an accident beside Snake Island near Nanaimo on Saturday.
The Victoria Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre received a message about dive accident around 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Nanaimo RCMP also was present.
Ed Singer, who is the owner of Sundown Diving in Nanaimo, said on Sunday that he was there when the dive accident occurred.
"He came up to the surface and he was in a little distress," said Singer. "We still don't know (what happened)."
The diver was unconscious shortly after being pulled from the water.
Rescued diver died in hospital
A diver from Somerset has died in hospital after surfacing unconscious off the Dorset coast.
The diver in his 50s, got into difficulties while diving from the boat called Shiraz off Weymouth on Sunday.
The Portland Coastguard helicopter pulled the man on board and flew him to Dorset County Hospital where he died.
Dorset Police said his next of kin had been informed but formal identification will take place on Monday.
A coastguard spokeswoman said: "He surfaced unconscious but we do not know what was wrong with him."
New technology to save divers' lives
An Electronic Dive Buddy developed by University of Auckland engineering students could make scuba diving a much safer sport.
Anatoly Kudryashov and Jenny Xu from the Department of Mechanical Engineering’s Mechatronics Engineering specialisation have made a computerised system that automatically adjusts a diver’s buoyancy if they get into difficulties. The project was supervised by Associate Professor Vojislav Kecman and assisted by Technical Officer Rob Earl.
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