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Western 094/01
29 July 2001
DIVERS DRAMATICALLY RESCUED
| Liverpool
Coastguard were alerted on 28 July 2001 by the skipper of the
dive boat ‘Vale Royal Diver’ when two divers, one male and one
female, were 45 minutes overdue from a dive.
Coastguards requested the launch of two lifeboats from Port St
Mary and one from Port Erin and scrambled the RAF Valley
helicopter into the rescue operation off the south west coast of
the Calf of Man at 12.23pm. |
Port St Mary lifeboat
RNLB "Gough Ritchie 11"
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Watch
manager at Liverpool Coastguard, Jed Lynch, said this was the
second time in as many days the coastguard has had to help divers
who have run into trouble.
He said: ‘the two men were spotted on the surface five km from
the dive boat. We recommend that divers don’t dive too close to
the shore in coastal waters as the tide moves at about four-five
knots and when divers surface, if their dive boat crew does not
spot them immediately, they can be swept swiftly away from the
boat.’
Both divers escaped injury and were returned to their boat. |
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