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Singapore: professional diver killed

Listen to this article A professional diver was killed while working in Singapore. The accident occurred when the propeller of the container ship the divers were on started while they were working underwater. The incident resulted in 37-year-old Kwok Khee Khoon being sucked in and killed by the giant screw. An investigation is underway to

ByMarcin Pawelczyk

Published: June 13, 2014 - 12:33

Updated: July 20, 2023 - 01:46

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A professional diver was killed while working in Singapore. The accident occurred when the propeller of the container ship the divers were on started while they were working underwater. The incident resulted in 37-year-old Kwok Khee Khoon being sucked in and killed by the giant screw. An investigation is underway to clarify the causes and circumstances of the accident.

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According to local media Asiaone and Shinmin Daily News, the accident occurred at around 6pm when the three divers were working at the bottom of the ship. It was then that the ship’s propeller (about 10m in diameter) was activated. This was the immediate cause of the tragedy which resulted in the death of one of the divers.

Preliminary findings indicate that the victim was taking pictures of the other two divers, who were engaged in welding, at the time of the accident. When the notified emergency and uniformed services arrived at the scene, the body of the diver had already been brought to the surface. Moments later, paramedics pronounced the casualty dead.

It was ordered that all work in the vicinity of the accident site be halted until investigators had examined all the circumstances surrounding the accident.

Source: singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg