Lost diver survives after 20km swim to shore

[Case]

"FOUR Russian tourists in Egypt who went missing for a day while diving in the Red Sea have been rescued, state news agency MENA reported.
The four went missing yesterday after a dive near Marsa Alam, one of Egypt's top diving locations 800km south of Cairo.
One of the divers was found on a beach and the three others were rescued later at sea after a search effort, the agency reported. They were all taken to hospital."


These guys were really lucky!!

Lost diver survives after 20km swim to shore | Travel News | News.com.au

[caburrid]

Wow, those divers really are lucky. Thank God they were rescued. I hope I never have to see another unfortunate loss of divers.

[navyhmc]

Amen caburrid!

[bigman241]

Thats a swim. Shark invested waters would make a good movie.

[Case]

Originally Posted by bigman241

Thats a swim. Shark invested waters would make a good movie.

Yeah it could be called "Fin" or maybe something to do with the shark's mouth.

[PhD4JC]

How many hours were they missing? Was a search party sent when the 2 surfaced without the 4?

How did they manage to get separated?

If 4 divers surface together and are lost at sea, would it make more sense to connect themselves together?

[rmkrause]

Unfortunately the news article doesn't provide a lot of details - how did 4 out of 6 divers get into such a situation? It sounds like strong currents were involved but not much other details are provided to see how this could be prevented in the future.

What could the 4 have done to have prevented separation during the night?