CHERRY POINT, North Carolina (29 Aug 2005) -- The search has resumed for a scuba diver missing off Ocracoke Island. Two Coast Guard aircraft, a C-130H and a HH-60 Jayhawk are searching waters off Buxton for Richar Pryor of New Market, Maryland. Pryor, 34, was one of a 10-person tour group diving with Dive Hatteras on the dive boat Akyla. The missing diver was last seen at a depth of about 27 meters (90 feet) at about 11am on Saturday morning. The Akyla dive boat crew notified the Coast Guard of the missing diver emergency when Pryor failed to surface with the other divers in the group. By 12:45pm search aircraft and boats were deployed from Coast Guard Station Hatteras Inlet and Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. | | Dive Hatteras' dive boat Akyla On Monday, searchers spotted an orange rectangular device floating on the sea but have not found the missing diver. © CDNN - CYBER DIVER NEWS NETWORK |
