Diver one of 16 to die using hi-tech gear

A TOP diver was one of 16 people who died in the last five years using sophisticated re-breathing equipment, an inquest heard yesterday.

Nicholas Gotto died within minutes of entering waters leading to the sunken Kowloon Bridge shipwreck in West Cork.

Rachel Gotto, pregnant at the time of the tragedy, said her husband Nicholas was considered the third most experienced diver in the country and always thoroughly checked his equipment.