Newsgroup: it.hobby.scuba
Titolo: 4 Russi dispersi alle Brothers e ritrovati sulla costa

Erano sulla barca (Bohemia) vicino la nostra alle Brothers'. Il tutto � 
successo luned� scorso. Strano che i nostri media non abbiano dato la 
notizia. Gli � andata bene che la corrente portasse verso terra ...
Ricordare che le crociere alle Brothers' (ma anche a Dedalus e le immersioni 
ad Elphistone) sono destinate a sub esperti di immersioni in corrente ed in 
buone condizioni fisiche.
Le 50 immersioni richieste dalle autorit� egiziane non bastano e le guide 
non possono garantire la sicurezza dei subacquei specie nella fase iniziale 
dell'immerisione (sarebbe per� meglio che facessero sempre un check 
preventivo della corrente poco prima dell'immersione (in quanto le 
condizioni cambiano pi� volte al giorno) mentre qualche guida italiana pensa 
ad altro ...
Invece qualche volta si vede di tutto ... ed agenzie che rivendono pacchetti 
di t.o. subacquei senza neanche informare i clienti di quello che li aspetta 
(possono informarsi da soli, direte voi, ma tant'�.).
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Four Russian scuba divers, who were swept away by strong currents in the 
shark-infested waters off southern Egypt, were found alive after they 
managed to swim 20km back to shore.
The four went missing on Monday after a dive in the Red Sea near Marsa Alam, 
one of Egypt's top diving locations 800km south of Cairo.
They were found on Tuesday at a tourist village in al-Quseir, north of Marsa 
Alam, said Ehab Taher, director of the scuba diving tourism office in the 
Red Sea port of Hurghada.
One of the divers, Vitaly Ivanov, said he swam 20km to make it back to 
shore.
He spoke from a hospital in al-Quseir, where he was recovering from his 
ordeal, after turning up on a beach near the village on Tuesday morning.
The Russian state-owned news agency, RIA Novosti, reported the other three 
divers were Anna Filippenko, Dmitry Smerdov and Sergei Larionov.
Rescuers found Filippenko, Smerdov and Larionov later in the day.
The group were among 23 tourists on board the Bohemia luxury wooden 
motor-yacht, which runs dive tours in the area.
The alarm was raised when only 19 of the group resurfaced, RIA Novosti 
reported.
But the Egyptian news agency MENA reported the group were among six divers.
They were diving near a pair of islands called al-Akhawein, or the Brothers.
Authorities searched for the four missing divers on Monday but the search 
was called off at nightfall.
Taher said Ivanov, Filippenko, Smerdov and Larionov started swimming back to 
shore together, but Ivanov became separated from the other three overnight. 
He made it to shore the next morning.
The waters around the Brothers islands are popular with divers from all over 
the world because of the chance to spot several kinds of sharks, including 
hammerheads and oceanic whitetips. Strong currents make diving difficult.
The Egyptian government recently tightened safety rule for scuba diving in 
the Red Sea due to rising visitor numbers and an increase in dive accidents, 
RIA Novosti reported.
Egyptian authorities reported the deaths of 30 foreign divers last year.
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PRESS RELEASE
18 August 2009
CDWS RAISING QUALITY AND STANDARDS IN EGYPT'S DIVING INDUSTRY
Missing divers found
UPDATE: 15:00 (GMT +2) 21 August 2009
All four divers reported missing in the Southern Red Sea on Monday have been 
found alive, the CDWS can confirm. Following the statement issued by CDWS at 
6pm today, the remaining three Russian divers who went missing at the Little 
Brother dive site yesterday afternoon have been found (Monday 17 August 
2009).
A full scale air and sea search was launched on Monday when four out of six 
divers failed to return to their boat M/Y Bohemia in the Southern Egyptian 
Red Sea.
The divers were part of a group of 23 holiday visitors from Russia.
The CDWS was informed at 12.30pm on Monday (17 August 2009) that the divers 
had been reported missing. At 1.10pm the CDWS then contacted the military 
search and rescue division, which launched a full air and search rescue 
operation. All the boats in the vicinity of Little Brother were also 
informed.
At 5.30pm yesterday evening the air search was called off as daylight 
visibility reduced. The search resumed again at 8.05am today (Tuesday 18 
August 2009).
At approximately 2.30pm/2.45pm, the CDWS was told that one of the missing 
divers, Vitaliy Ivanov, had reached the shore 40km south of El Queseir after 
drifting then swimming to land over a distance of 95km. He was taken to El 
Quseir Hospital for routine medical checks and was subsequently given the 
all clear by doctors.
The rescued diver told officials that he was with the other three divers 
until he decided to swim for shore at 1pm today (Tuesday 18 August 2009). 
Using information provided by Ivanov, search and rescue teams scanned the 
area for any signs of the remaining divers. Boats were launched from El 
Quseir to search south, while vessels have also been launched from Port 
Ghalib to search to the north of the area.
It then was confirmed at 6.30pm today that the three divers made their way 
to shore 35km south of El Quseir. The divers have been taken by ambulance to 
El Quseir Hospital to be examined by medical staff.
Ends
18.08.09