More than 20 years after the tragic diving accident at Egypt's Blue Hole, footage from Yuri Lipski's helmet camera has resurfaced, showing his final moments. The Russian-Israeli diver died on 28 April 2000 after ignoring warnings from a local expert.
Lipski had met technical diver Tarek Omar, known as 'The Elder Diver', who advised against the dive without proper training. Omar told The Guardian in 2017 that Lipski declined a two-week training course, opting to dive alone due to time constraints.
The Blue Hole, a submarine sinkhole on the Red Sea coast, drops to around 100 metres. At 91 metres, Lipski likely succumbed to nitrogen narcosis, a condition causing euphoria, confusion, and impaired judgment under pressure. His camera, recovered intact, recorded the incident.
Omar, who has recovered many bodies from the site, estimates up to 200 deaths at the Blue Hole. The site gained renewed attention with Netflix's documentary 'The Deepest Breath', which covers the stories of free divers Alessia Zecchini and Stephen Keenan.
