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October 17th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda A diver found the body of his dive buddy just 50 metres from the entrance of one of Australia’s longest underwater caves.
The 40-year-old from Doncaster in Victoria failed to surface after a dive at Tank Cave, near Mt Gambier in South Australia, on Sunday afternoon.
The man was part of a group of 12 divers from across Australia visiting the cave for the weekend.
South Australian Police Superintendent Trevor Twilley said the divers had a safety briefing before entering the dark subterranean passages in pairs.
“At this stage we’re aware that he entered the cave with a buddy,” Supt Twilley told AAP.
“After that, having been diving, they started to work their way back towards the entrance.
“The buddy surfaced and when he found out that his partner hadn’t resurfaced, he went back into the cave and unfortunately about 50 metres into the cave found his buddy deceased.”
Supt Twilley said it was too early to speculate about what caused his death.
“The obvious that springs to mind could be something to do with the air tanks or could even be medically related but we won’t know until the autopsy’s undertaken,” he said.
Supt Twilley said the cave was one of the more complex diving systems in the southern hemisphere and divers required the highest levels of certification.
“Even when somebody dives in tank cave for the first time, they’re restricted access to the cave as to how far and where they can go and as they build up experience then they’re allowed to progress further into the system,” he said.
Police are waiting to speak to family before releasing the man’s identity.
Supt Twilley said the man’s death had hit the diving community hard.
The same cave claimed the life of world-renowned Polish cave diver Agnes Milowka in February.
“Obviously (they are) very upset and traumatised especially so closely on the heels of Agnes’s tragic death back in February.
“To lose two of what they are really close family members in a short period of time is certainly unsettling.”
Ms Milowka, 29, ran out of air after becoming separated from her diving companion in the eight-kilometre-long channel system of Tank Cave.
A coroner is investigating her death.
The cave was closed as a mark of respect after the latest death.
Cave Divers Association national director John Vanderleest said the diver’s death so close to the entrance was highly unusual and could have been due to an equipment failure, a medical problem or a deviation from protocol.
He said the diver had 10 years’ experience and had achieved the association’s highest award.
The site had six levels of grading and the diver, who had dived at Tank Cave numerous times, had achieved the highest level.
Mr Vanderleest said up to 1000 dives were conducted at Tank Cave each year and the latest death, as well as the death of Ms Milowka, were “anomalies”.
There had been three cave diving deaths in Australia over the past 30 years, which all occurred within the last 18 months, he said.
“We have had a few deaths in the last 18 months, which is very, very unusual, prior to that, it was 30-odd years without any deaths,” Mr Vanderleest told AAP.
“Things like this will always give the sport a bad rap.
“We understand the risks and we do quite a lot of training and a hell of a lot of equipment preparation, to deal with those risks.
“Whilst there are risks, we manage those risks exceptionally well.
“Statistics show that the sport is no more dangerous then any other sport.”
He said since the death of Ms Milowka, protocols had tightened making a buddy system compulsory and the association would await the outcome of a coronial investigation.
A third cave diver, a 52-year-old Victorian man, died last year while scuba diving in Kilsby Cave sinkhole, in South Australia.
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