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Another Commercial Diver Lost!

By Kate Wiltrout

The Virginian-Pilot

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July 14, 2012

NORFOLK VA USA

A civilian contractor died Friday during a dive operation at Norfolk Naval Station.

Michael Louis Knight, 49, was part of a Seaward Marine dive crew conducting underwater ship husbandry operations on the amphibious assault ship Wasp.

Emergency crews were called to Pier 10 at 10:17 a.m., and Knight was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:52 a.m., said Terri Davis, a Navy spokeswoman.

According to the company, Knight had worked for Seaward Marine Services for 24 years. He lived in Virginia Beach.

An autopsy is pending. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/07/civilian-diver-va-beach-dies-naval-station


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From Offshore Diver " but instead of coming up the ladder, he fell away from it.....one of the tenders jumped in, in clothes to try to grab him, could not lift him....the other divers donned their hats and rescued him, but by that time he'd fallen to the bottom...about 40 ft.." More here, http://www.offshored...d=2489&Itemid=0

My guestions posted there is; Was his dive hose being tended? How did he end up on the bottom when he was on the ladde? Was there a dressed in stand by diver? In other words what was the dive team size?

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