KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA (AP)-Two European divers were rescued Saturday by fishermen, but a third, a 14-year-old Dutchman, died four days after disappearing off Malaysia’s southern island and traveling about 70 nautical miles. miles. (100). kilometers), authorities said.
Alexia Alexandra Molina, 18, of France, and Adrian Peter Chesters, 46, of Great Britain, were found in nearby Indonesian waters on Saturday morning and taken to hospital, the Malaysian Maritime Safety Enforcement Agency said. .
Chesters’ Dutch son, Nathan Renze Chesters, is missing, but Chesters told police he was too weak, the agency said in a statement.
The agency said it had informed Indonesian authorities to continue the search for the body. Search operation in Malaysia suspended.
Molina and Chesters were found 16 nautical miles (30 kilometers) north of the Indonesian island of Bintan, about 70 nautical miles (100 kilometers) from where they disappeared on Wednesday.
The three dived with Norwegian instructor Christine Grodem to a depth of approximately 15 meters in the southern Malaysian state of Johor, near the city of Mersing. Grodem, 35, was rescued Thursday by a tugboat. The four were said to have escaped safely on Wednesday afternoon, but later separated from the boat and were swept away by strong currents.
Grodem is training for three more looking to get advanced diving licenses, Navy officials said.
The ship’s captain was arrested for further investigation and the dive was suspended near Mersing. There are several islands outside the city that are popular dive spots.
Malaysia’s borders reopened to foreigners on April 1 after being closed for more than two years during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Source: Huffpost
