Taiwanese Divers Pronounced Dead After Retrieval From Okinawa Underwater Cave

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Two Taiwanese divers, including a diving instructor, have died after an underwater cave dive off Okinawa's main island. The two were pronounced dead at a local hospital after their bodies were recovered following a multi-hour search.

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00:00Two Taiwanese divers have been found dead in an underwater cave off the coast of Okinawa.

00:06According to NHK, the men, both in their 20s, one of them a diving instructor,

00:11entered the water Sunday afternoon and lost contact with their group shortly afterward.

00:16After a search lasting more than three hours, they were found unconscious in a cave roughly 30 meters deep

00:22and later pronounced dead at the hospital.

00:25Professional cave divers say many factors could have led to their death.

00:30Cave diving, it actually has a lot of variables that can cause an accident to happen,

00:35such as they might have lost their visibility during the cave,

00:40so they lost their navigation and they couldn't find their way out.

00:43And secondly, there might also be the failure in their gas management,

00:48which they did not plan sufficient gas for their exit.

00:52And thirdly, they might lack the training, the sufficient training for cave diving,

00:57but they dive beyond their limit.

01:01Japanese authorities are investigating the incident.

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