Diver's death was an accident
A 22-YEAR-OLD diver from Daventry drowned after running out of air because his equipment was not properly checked, an inquest heard today.
Mark Steel of Langdon Close was diving the Kyarra, a First World War wreck off the Swanage coast in Dorset, on August 22, 2005.
He resurfaced before rolling backwards and disappearing into the sea without his mask.
His body was found two years later, in August 2007, by a diver near the Kyarra and he was brought ashore by a police dive team.
An investigation showed a valve was closed which stopped him from accessing air in his second tank, Bournemouth, Poole and East Dorset Coroner's Court heard.
It had been closed when the cylinders were refilled following two dives the previous day and Mr Steel had not reopened it.
Tests were carried out on Mr Steel's skeletal remains which showed he had drowned and Coroner Sheriff Payne recorded a verdict of accidental death at the inquest, sitting in Bournemouth.
For the full report see next week's Daventry Express.
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19 March 2008 5:13 PM
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