Daegu Gachang Dam Safety Inspection Diver in His 40s Found Dead a Day After Disappearance

At around 11 a.m. on the 28th, firefighters and police are conducting a search operation at the Gachang Dam site in Dalseong, Daegu, where a diver went missing.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] Diver A (45), who was conducting an underwater safety inspection exploration at Gachang Dam in Dalseong-gun, Daegu, was found dead a day after going missing.

According to the fire authorities on the 29th, at around 10:20 a.m. that day, A's body was discovered inside the dam's underwater intake by a joint search team of firefighters and civilians. Thirteen 119 paramedics and five civilian divers had been conducting a search to find the missing person since the previous day and continued into the morning.

A, who belonged to a private company, went underwater around 11 a.m. on the 28th with two colleagues for a dam safety inspection and went missing. At that time, a team consisting of one boat operator and two divers was conducting an underwater exploration for the dam's safety inspection, and the one operating the boat did not enter the water.

A police official stated, "We are investigating whether safety regulations were followed by questioning the Gachang Dam management authority and dam officials."

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