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Polish Cave Diver Missing in Ireland Cave














A search operation is underway for a man who went missing during a cave dive in County Galway.
The experienced Polish diver Artur Kozlowski was exploring Pollonora hole n°10. A secondary sink located in Ireland, north of Gort, in a place called Killartan. The cave is 810m long and 52m deep.

"The cave diver was fully equipped with all the necessary diving equipment and had sufficient compressed air and mixed gases with him."Following correct cave exploration protocol, the cave diver informed two colleagues of his planned cave-diving trip and when he did not return at the expected time, the Irish Cave Rescue Organisation (ICRO) was immediately alerted."
It is understood he went diving in at 3pm yesterday afternoon and had enough oxygen to last until 9.30pm last night.

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