The deadly intoxication of the deep: The training dive of a German trio in Unterach in Upper Austria killed a diving student (54) from Bavaria – we reported. It is suspected that the deceased had a heart attack.
For a long time, the extremely busy Attersee was considered a “diving grave” because extreme divers often had accidents, especially at the infamous “Black Bridge” in Steinbach. “The situation has improved, probably because many divers from Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia have stayed at home during the pandemic,” said Johann Aichhorn of the water rescue service Unterach.
stress as a risk
About 30 companies work together in the competence center “Attersee Divingworld” to offer diving guests a closed tourist service chain. Chairman Günter Oberschmid: “One of the causes of the accidents is definitely stress. Many divers don’t even get out of the car and into the water, so they can make the most of every second of their vacation. When there are problems, they quickly panic because the adrenaline level is already so high. “
He estimates that between 2000 and 4000 dives per weekend are made at the 26 dive sites in Lake Attersee. “In that sense, very little actually happens.”
Unusual accident
Andreas Pacher of ARGE Tauch, who had already analyzed 45 serious diving accidents in 2017, takes a similar view: “The current accident was atypical. Usually it goes wrong from the eleventh to the fourteenth minute.” This time the woman climbed up after a minute.
Source: Krone
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