A Taiwanese scuba diver and his teacher, additionally from Taiwan, have died in a collapse Okinawa, Japan.
The 2 males, mentioned to be of their twenties, had been reported lacking at round 3 pm on Sunday, 31 August, whereas diving off Manza Seaside in Onna Village, centrally positioned on Okinawa’s japanese coast.
A search operation was mounted by Japanese Coast Guard items from Nago and Ishikawa, and the 2 males had been positioned, unresponsive, in a cave at a depth of roughly 30 metres.
Each males had been taken to hospital the place they had been pronounced useless.
The 2 males have been recognized as a 28-year-old Taiwanese vacationer with the surname Chang, and a Taiwanese teacher, 24, who was a resident of Okinawa.
The incident occurred throughout their third dive of the day, accompanied by three of Chang’s associates who reported that the 2 disappeared roughly 10 minutes into the dive.
No official rationalization has but been given for the 2 males’s deaths. The Japanese Coast Guard has launched an investigation.
Manza is a well-liked dive spot in Okinawa, however most dive retailers require an Superior Open Water certification or equal because of the sturdy currents which can be typically current within the space.
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