The exact course of the underwater tragedy can still only be speculated about. But the rescue of the 44-year-old father of a family who died in an accident in the Traunsee will help the investigators. Because his equipment is complete. The fact that the rescue was so successful is due to the intuition of the helpers.
The equipment has been confiscated and an autopsy has been ordered. Investigators hope to clarify why a 44-year-old diver had a fatal accident at a depth of just five meters in Lake Traunsee on Saturday, as the reason can only have been speculated about so far.
Coincidence during preparatory work
“It was important to us that we could find the body as quickly as possible and give the family certainty,” said Christian Hackl, head of the Vöcklabruck diving group, Basis 4, which brings together fire brigade divers from different locations.
It was a coincidence that they found the missing man from Steinhaus near Wels, father of an almost two-year-old daughter, so quickly. “We prepared a large-scale search operation with the underwater camera,” explains the fire brigade diver. To do this, an underwater robot explored the area in the lake to find places where the camera could get stuck.
Found near the scene of the accident
But the rescuers also had the right nose and followed a trail on the rock that started at the spot where the 44-year-old had sunk on Saturday when he tried to prevent his panicked wife (36) from making an emergency ascent. And the path led, some 20 meters further, at a depth of 70 meters – the dive computers of the rescue team gave the exact value – to a ledge where the dead man lay.
Here the visibility was good again, which was barely half a meter further, except for about 14 meters, because of the floating material. Because the firefighters were not prepared for a rescue, they called in the deep divers of the water rescue department, who were able to recover the body. “We had perfect cooperation,” says Hackl.
The victim had no time to react
The drowned man’s equipment was complete, he also had his diving mask on and apparently did not even have time to attempt an emergency ascent – the weight bags were still in the new buoyancy compensator.
Source: Krone
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