Vulcann 6th Gear February 15, 2014 Share February 15, 2014 Seven Japanese divers missing in Indonesia POSTED: 15 Feb 2014 16:03 Seven Japanese tourists were missing after leaving for a scuba diving trip in waters off the Indonesian island of Bali, police said Saturday. A rescue team search for seven Japanese tourists who went missing after leaving for a scuba diving trip in waters off Bali. (AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka) JAKARTA: Seven Japanese tourists were missing after leaving for a scuba diving trip in waters off the Indonesian island of Bali, police said Saturday. The group disappeared after heading out on a speedboat to Nusa Lembongan, a small island off the southeast coast of the popular resort isle, Bali police spokesman Hariadi told AFP. "Seven Japanese tourists went missing after a diving activity in the area on Friday," he said. "We have sent out rescue boats and a helicopter this morning to comb the beaches and surrounding areas to look for them as well as their speedboat. So far, we have found nothing," he added. It is not yet clear if the group got into trouble once they entered the water, or if they were on the boat. "Our priority is to find them first. We don't know if they had experienced engine trouble, strong currents or bad weather conditions," Hariadi said. Yasue Katsunobu, the deputy consul general of Japan in Denpasar, confirmed that the missing were Japanese and he was "awaiting results of the search". Nusa Lembongan is a popular scuba diving spot is part of Coral Triangle, widely considered the world's richest underwater wilderness. It across six nations between the Indian and Pacific oceans -- Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, East Timor, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. - AFP/fa (source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/seven-japanese-divers/998964.html ) Apparently all missing are women... 峇厘潜水7日籍女失踪 2014年02月15日 1239 (联合早报网讯）日本放送协会（NHK）报道，7名到印尼峇厘外海潜水的日本女子，昨天失踪，至今下落不明。 据报当地警方出动船只、直升机搜救。驻峇厘的日本总领事馆表示，7名日本女子于当地时间昨天下午约1时，在峇厘东南方的蓝梦岛附近潜水，这是她们昨天第3度潜水，但就此失去联络。 日本总领事馆表示，这7名女子年龄由20多岁至50多岁，其中2人为指导员，5人是从日本到访的旅客。 她们潜水的海域，去年8月曾发生一宗意外，1名日本女游客潜水时身亡。 （联合早报网编辑：明永昌 ) - See more at: http://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/world/story20140215-310528#sthash.x2stOnwl.dpuf (source: http://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/world/story20140215-310528 ) ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackyv Turbocharged February 15, 2014 Share February 15, 2014 Kidnapped??.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman888 Moderator February 15, 2014 Share February 15, 2014 Kidnapped??.. Kidnapped all 7 ? I think only pinoy will kidnap tourist, not heard of kidnap in indo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackyv Turbocharged February 15, 2014 Share February 15, 2014 Kidnapped all 7 ? I think only pinoy will kidnap tourist, not heard of kidnap in indo. those b**tard lurk around these region....who knows... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcann 6th Gear February 15, 2014 Author Share February 15, 2014 Kidnapped??.. Kidnapped maybe still got chance to return home but siao liao if like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc7-biVJlJQ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myxilplix Turbocharged February 15, 2014 Share February 15, 2014 Crystal Bay again, but weird all 7 disappeared. http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20140215p2g00m0dm058000c.html 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurpsexx 6th Gear February 15, 2014 Share February 15, 2014 Crystal Bay again, but weird all 7 disappeared. http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20140215p2g00m0dm058000c.html same as the 2 experienced divers who went to twilight zone in Tioman recently bro? same as the 2 experienced divers who went to twilight zone in Tioman recently bro? scratch this.. they drowned. not missing.. my bad. sorry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volvobrick Supersonic February 15, 2014 Share February 15, 2014 Could have been carried away by strong current and surfaced too far away from the boat. Hope they will be found safe! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackyv Turbocharged February 15, 2014 Share February 15, 2014 Heard found one body, hope the other six Ok... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcann 6th Gear February 16, 2014 Author Share February 16, 2014 Diving is a safe sport unless one bo hil all the safety precautions like alcohol-control, sudden ascent w/o safety stops, monkeying in the waters, etc.. That said, competency of the divemaster/operator, functionality of the dive equipment, underwater currents, weather in general, etc are something beyond one's control. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcann 6th Gear February 16, 2014 Author Share February 16, 2014 Heard found one body, hope the other six Ok... Apparently not. All seven still missing according to the Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/16/seven-japanese-women-divers-still-missing-bali You heard of one or two divers going missing in some news but it was almost never heard of that you have the entire dive group gone missing machiam the 5 US Navy planes over the Bermuda Triangle. The only reason I can think of was that a very strong undercurrent swept the entire group under and pinned them down and drowning everyone of them. Hope I am wrong and they are actually stranded on the surface somewhere. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurpsexx 6th Gear February 16, 2014 Share February 16, 2014 Diving is a safe sport unless one bo hil all the safety precautions like alcohol-control, sudden ascent w/o safety stops, monkeying in the waters, etc.. That said, competency of the divemaster/operator, functionality of the dive equipment, underwater currents, weather in general, etc are something beyond one's control. But bro.. all 7 missing at same time, and experienced divers at that? Something smells not right... could the speedboat gone off course ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcann 6th Gear February 16, 2014 Author Share February 16, 2014 But bro.. all 7 missing at same time, and experienced divers at that? Something smells not right... could the speedboat gone off course ? My last post exactly. It is unfathomable that seven, including two instructors, went missing at one go. One other possibility besides drowning could be they were kidnapped by pirates but since the dive boat operator was around so unlikely though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myxilplix Turbocharged February 17, 2014 Share February 17, 2014 4 found alive this afternoon, 3 still missing. Here's hoping for the best. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myxilplix Turbocharged February 17, 2014 Share February 17, 2014 Diving is a safe sport unless one bo hil all the safety precautions like alcohol-control, sudden ascent w/o safety stops, monkeying in the waters, etc.. That said, competency of the divemaster/operator, functionality of the dive equipment, underwater currents, weather in general, etc are something beyond one's control. Not all of those points are beyond your control but it is a question of individual risk-management. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcann 6th Gear February 17, 2014 Author Share February 17, 2014 4 found alive this afternoon, 3 still missing. Here's hoping for the best. Good news nonetheless: Four Japanese divers found alive three days after going missing in Bali, three still missing Published on Feb 17, 20144:30 PM This handout photo released by Indonesia's national search and rescue agency on Feb 16, 2014, shows an Indonesian rescue boat searching for seven Japanese tourists near Nusa Lembongan who went missing during their third dive near the islands of Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Penida south-east of Bali on Feb 14. Four divers were found alive on Monday, Feb 17, 2014. -- PHOTO: AFP/INDONESIAN SAR DENPASAR, Indonesia (AFP) - Four Japanese scuba divers were found alive on Monday three days after going missing near the Indonesian resort island of Bali, police said. "Four divers were found alive. They were found by fishermen around 3.30 pm (local time)," said police chief Nyoman Suarsika. The four were among seven Japanese divers, all women, who went missing on Friday. "They are now being rescued and taken to Sanur," he added, referring to a beach area of southern Bali popular with tourists. (source: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/se-asia/story/japanese-divers-found-alive-after-going-missing-bali-police-20140217 ) Good news nonetheless: Four Japanese divers found alive three days after going missing in Bali, three still missing Published on Feb 17, 20144:30 PM This handout photo released by Indonesia's national search and rescue agency on Feb 16, 2014, shows an Indonesian rescue boat searching for seven Japanese tourists near Nusa Lembongan who went missing during their third dive near the islands of Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Penida south-east of Bali on Feb 14. Four divers were found alive on Monday, Feb 17, 2014. -- PHOTO: AFP/INDONESIAN SAR DENPASAR, Indonesia (AFP) - Four Japanese scuba divers were found alive on Monday three days after going missing near the Indonesian resort island of Bali, police said. "Four divers were found alive. They were found by fishermen around 3.30 pm (local time)," said police chief Nyoman Suarsika. The four were among seven Japanese divers, all women, who went missing on Friday. "They are now being rescued and taken to Sanur," he added, referring to a beach area of southern Bali popular with tourists. (source: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/se-asia/story/japanese-divers-found-alive-after-going-missing-bali-police-20140217 ) The BCDs of these four might have been inflated to keep them floating until rescue. Hope the fate of other three is also similar and they are stranded on the surface somewhere further... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super7 Turbocharged February 17, 2014 Share February 17, 2014 4 found alive this afternoon, 3 still missing. Here's hoping for the best. Yes, hope the three will be rescued soon. The ordeal of the seven can be made into a movie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcann 6th Gear February 17, 2014 Author Share February 17, 2014 FYI the movie "Open Water" was based on a tragically true story of Tom & Eileen Lonergan: Tom and Eileen Lonergan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Tom and Eileen Lonergan Thomas Joseph Lonergan and Eileen Cassidy (née Hains) Lonergan, born 1964 and 1969, respectively, were a married couple from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, who were mistakenly stranded in the Coral Sea on January 25, 1998, while scuba diving with a group of divers off Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The boat that had transported the group to the dive site departed from the location before the Lonergans returned from their dive, with none of the vessel's crew or passengers noticing that the two had not come back aboard. The couple was never found and they are presumed to have died at sea.[1] At the time of the incident, the Lonergans had recently completed a three-year tour of duty with the Peace Corps on the island of Tuvalu in the Pacific Ocean and were repeating that work on Fiji.[2] Contents [hide] 1 Aftermath1.1 Suspicions 1.2 Media 2 See also 3 References 4 External links Aftermath[edit]It was not until two days later, on January 27, 1998, that the pair was discovered to be missing after a bag containing their belongings was found on board the dive boat. A massive air and sea search took place over the following three days. Although some of their diving gear was found washed up later on a beach miles away from where they were lost, indicating that they drowned, their bodies were never found. Fishermen found a diver's slate (a device used for communicating underwater) and wrote down what it reportedly read: "[Mo]nday Jan 26; 1998 08am. To anyone [who] can help us: We have been abandoned on A[gin]court Reef by MV Outer Edge 25 Jan 98 3pm. Please help us [come] to rescue us before we die. Help!!!"[2] (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_and_Eileen_Lonergan ) Hope the above will not happen to the three remaining missing divers... ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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