Shocking! Hungarian cave diver got lost 48 metres deep
More than 50 rescue workers are trying to save Márton M.’s life, who got lost 48 metres deep in a cave filled with water. He disappeared on Sunday in the Kossuth cave in Northeast Hungary, in the Aggteleki National Park. Márton is a member of the Amphora Búvár Klub, Budapest.
The Hungarian cave diver might still be alive
According to Blikk, experts agree that the Hungarian diver can survive if he managed to get out of the water in the Kossuth cave and found a dry place somewhere inside. They added that wet and dry segments alternate in the cave, so surviving is not utterly impossible. However, in the water, the range of vision is 0 because of the stirred material. However, the rescue action continues, and divers work in shifts inside the cave.
“Giving up is unknown for us if it is about rescuing one of our fellows. We will fight until our last breath, and we hope we will find him alive” – Mihály Horváth, the head of the Hungarian Cave Rescue Service, said.
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Visibility is almost zero
The Kossuth cave was found and opened in the 1950s. For long, its end was the so-called Reménytelen-szifon (Hopeless Siphon). Márton M., the diver now in trouble, was the only one capable of getting beyond it. Budapestherald.hu says that “after decades of research, the flight was flown in 2009 by researchers at the Amphora Diving Club. After the breakthrough, air-rich halls rich in formations and additional underwater passages increased the known length of the cave, which today exceeds 1,500 meters, while its vertical extent is 60 meters.”
“He is one of the best divers in the profession. There are only four people in Hungary who can do what he can. He discovered the “Hall of our Fathers” after the Hopeless Siphon. But he did not rest and wanted to go further. He was in that segment of the cave when he got lost” – an older diver said. He added that five divers went with him, but the cavern they passed through gave way, and he disappeared. A fellow diver tried to help as long as he could but had to come to the surface after a while. “This is a very narrow, watery and clayey place, but we hope that there are wonders and he is still alive” – he said.
Blikk reported that the endpoint of the cave, which is 40 metres deep, was impassable. Furthermore, visibility is terrible, and the guide rope is in the clay.
There are wonders
In 2018, a Thai football team visited the Tham Luang cave system. However, a shower filled the cave with water, and they were trapped inside. The rescue operations started on June 23 and lasted until July 10, and, finally, they managed to bring everybody to the surface.
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Source: Blikk, budapestherald.hu