Following the statement issued by CDWS at 6pm on 18 August 2009, the remaining three divers from Russia who went missing at the Little Brother dive site on Monday 17 August 2009 have been found. A full scale air and sea search was launched on Monday when four out of six divers failed to return to their boat M/Y Bohemia in the Southern Egyptian Red Sea. The divers were part of a group of 23 holiday visitors from Russia.
The CDWS was informed at 12.30pm on monday 17 August 2009 that the divers had been reported missing. At 1.10pm the Chamber of Diving And Watersports then contacted the military search and rescue division, which launched a full air and search rescue operation. All the boats in the vicinity of Little Brother were also informed. At 5.30pm yesterday evening the air search was called off as daylight visibility reduced. The search resumed again at 8.05am on Tuesday 18 August 2009.
At approximately 2.30pm, the CDWS was told that one of the missing divers, had reached the shore 40km south of El Queseir after drifting then swimming to land over a distance of 95km. He was taken to El Quseir Hospital for routine medical checks and was subsequently given the all clear by doctors. The rescued diver told officials that he was with the other three divers until he decided to swim for shore at 1pm on tuesday 18 August 2009. Using information provided by the rescued diver, search and rescue teams scanned the area for any signs of the remaining divers. Boats were launched from El Quseir to search south, while vessels have also been launched from Port Ghalib to search to the north of the area. It then was confirmed at 6.30pm on tuesday 18 August 2009 that the three divers made their way to shore 35km south of El Quseir. The divers have been taken by ambulance to El Quseir Hospital to be examined by medical staff. (jdo)
Published on: 08/19/2009
Tags: scuba diving, cdws, red sea, little brothers, egypt
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