Posted on 05/09/2025 9:13:49 PM PDT by BenLurkin
A diver has died during preliminary operations to recover British tech tycoon Mike Lynch's superyacht from the waters off the coast of northern Sicily, local police said.
The accident happened on Friday while the diver was underwater in Porticello, police said, adding the precise cause of death was still unknown.
According to local Italian media, the diver was a 39-year-old Dutch national who worked for a specialist salvage company.
The salvage operation is being overseen by British marine consultancy TMC Marine and led by Dutch-based companies Hebo, a maritime services company from Rotterdam, and SMIT Salvage, with support from Italian specialists.
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I think I read where it was 160 feet down, which is pretty deep for a standard air dive.
True. 160’ on just air rather than mixed air gives you bottom times that are pretty short. Low light conditions and wreak diving of any kind is risky work. Even a well trained diver has to be ultra careful. Add decompression stops and all that it entails is way past anything I ever wanted to touch.
The boat is cursed. Stay away.
Did they spot anyone from ‘Spectre’ swimming away afterwards?
That boat is bad juju. A karma sink.
Avoid.
They don't even imply what killed him, or what equipment he was using, and you besmirch the diver regardless??
Oh, no...I don’t think I in any way besmirched the diver.
Not sure why you would say that.
I don’t dive, but I know that is around the limit of what diving can be done with regular air, and when you are down at 160 feet, a lot of things can happen that have little to do with the diver.
It is like working on the flight deck of a carrier...you can do everything right, and still get killed through no fault of your own. 160 feet down is a dangerous environment.
I don’t get where you see that as a pointed or even an implied criticism of the diver. That was a statement of fact, that’s all.
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