AMBLE, Northumberland, UK (6 June 2005) -- Another diver is missing and presumed dead, the third fatal scuba diving accident in the UK in the past two weeks. Nicholas George Jackson, 25, failed to surface from a dive on Danny's Wreck, east of Amble in Northumberland. After the dive boat 'Spellbinder' alerted authorities of a missing diver emergency, two RNLI lifeboats, three helicopters and the HMS Illustrious warship launched a coordinated search. At the same time, the 'Spellbinder' crew organized a team of divers to search the wreck but they found nothing. | | Police told CDNN Jackson was an experienced scuba diver but declined to give additional details about the scuba divign accident which is under investigation. SOURCE - CDNN, Scotsman |
