Richard Arthur Walker, Victor Francis "Skip" Guiel Jr.
Outcome
Recovery of bodies of Walker and Guiel
Inquiries
Fatal accident inquiry, 11-21 May 1981
Trial
Crown v. Infabco Diving Services, Ltd.
Litigation
Wrongful-death lawsuits, Scotland and United States
The Wildrake diving accident was an incident in Scotland in August 1979 that killed two American commercial divers. During a routine dive in the East Shetland Basin of the North Sea, the diving bell of the diving support vessel MS Wildrake became separated from its main lift wire at a depth of over 160 metres (520 ft). Although the bell was eventually recovered by Wildrake, its two occupants, 32-year-old Richard Arthur Walker and 28-year-old Victor Francis "Skip" Guiel Jr., died of hypothermia. The accident resulted in extensive subsequent litigation and led to important safety changes in the diving industry.[1][2][3]
MS Wildrake in Bjørnafjorden, July 1979, shortly before the accident. The yellow-tipped SALM is moored to the side of the ship.
^Carson 1982, pp. 275–280, 295–296.
^Limbrick 2001, pp. 160–162.
^Smart 2011, p. [page needed].
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