Finnish divers recover bodies of countrymen from Norwegian cave system
A team of Finnish divers have defied a ban on entering Norway’s Plura caves and have successfully recovered the bodies of two of their countrymen who died there back in February.
“A Finnish diving team announced this morning to the police that they have brought up the two deceased divers from Plura cave,” Kristin Elnæs from the Helgeland police said last Thursday.
The two divers lost their lives on 6th February as they attempted to navigate their way through the Plura caves, Europe’s longest water-filled cave system. Three other divers were hospitalised.
According to the survivors of the incident, one of the divers got stuck at a depth of approximately 130 metres under water. The other ran out of air while trying to rescue him.
After the incident in February the Norwegian police imposed a ban on diving in the caves after repeated attempts to recover the bodies of the two men failed.
“It is simply too dangerous. It is not worth risking your life to accomplish this task,” Mark Dougherty, the British cave diver who led the rescue efforts told a press conference on the 25th February.
Dougherty led the team which brought up the body of a Norwegian man who died in the caves back in 2006.
Police said that although the diving ban remained in place, prosecuting the Finnish team was not a priority.
Source: www.thelocal.no
Photo: Norwegian cave diving association
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