D’iarr gaolta oifigeach póilíneachta de chuid London Metropolitan a fuair bás in eachtra tumadóireachta i British Columbia, Ceanada in 2015 go ndéanfaí an spórt a rialáil níos déine.
Reáchtáil teaghlach an tumadóir 27 bliain d'aois, Timothy Chu, preasagallamh an tseachtain seo, a tuairiscíodh sa Vancouver Sun. D'éiligh siad go raibh Chu ró-easpa taithí a ghlacadh le haghaidh tumadóireacht báid ag an limistéar cosanta mara Race Rocks in aice le Victoria, limistéar a bhfuil aithne air mar gheall ar a sruthanna láidre, agus nach ndearnadh monatóireacht cheart air le linn an tumadóireachta.
Dúirt uncail an tumadóir, Bill Chu, tar éis athbhreithniú a dhéanamh ar thuarascáil Sheirbhís Cróinéirí BC, a scaoileadh i mí na Samhna, gur bhraith an teaghlach go raibh gá le fiosrúchán iomlán ar thionscal tumadóireachta fóillíochta British Columbia anois.
Dúirt sé gur tharla dhá thimpiste tumadóireachta eile sa cheantar díreach roimh bhás a nia, agus go raibh an t-ádh dearg ar na tumadóirí a bhí i gceist.
Hong Kong-born Timothy Chu, who was on saoire, booked the dive through Ogden Point Dive Centre of Victoria, but Bill Chu said that although his nephew had qualified as an Uisce Oscailte Casta Diver five years before his death he had done only 14 dives. Taking him to such a site he described as like “playing Russian roulette”.
Chu was buddied by a tumadóir, but on the ascent became entangled in kelp and had to fight to free himself in the heavy current, a situation that “overwhelmed his experience and oiliúint”, according to the coroner.
He was said to have run out of air but, separated from the tumadóir, was dragged down by the combination of kelp and current. His body was found seven weeks later.
Ina tuarascáil, dúirt an cróinéir Courtney Cote gur “spórt an-riosca ó dhúchas í an scúba-tumadóireacht áineasa,” cé gur thug sí faoi deara freisin, as 37 bás tumadóireachta i British Columbia le 10 mbliana anuas, nár tharla aon cheann ag Race Rocks.
Dúirt Tom Beasley gur theastaigh ó Chomhairle Faoi Uisce British Columbia a raibh sé ina stiúrthóir air a bheith rannpháirteach dá ndéanfaí athbhreithniú ar an tionscal, toisc go raibh sé ag iarraidh go mbeadh an spórt níos sábháilte. Dúradh le teaghlach Chu gur féidir leo iarratas a dhéanamh chuig an bpríomhchróinéir chun an t-imscrúdú faoin mbás a athoscailt.
Divernet - an ceann is mó Ar Líne Acmhainn do thumadóirí scúba
18-Jan-17
