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May 25, 2009, 11:04 GMT

Cameraman filming Titanic sister ship dies

Athens - A member of a National Geographic team filming the wreckage of Britannic, the Titanic's sister ship, off the coast of Kea in the Aegean died of decompression sickness, reports said Monday. The 37-year-old diver, identified as Carl Spencer, was taken by helicopter from the small island to a Greek navy hospital in Athens Sunday after losing consciousness, but doctors there were unable to revive him. The British man was part of 17-member National Geographic crew filming the Britannic wreckage. He was an experienced diver who led a similar expedition to the Britannic, a former White Star ocean liner and sister ship to the Titanic, in 2003. The 53,000-ton Britannic was turned into a floating hospital in Wold War 1 but ended up sinking off the coast of Kea in 1916 after hitting a German mine. The diver had also taken part in an exploration of the Titanic wreckage as part of a Discovery Channel expedition led by filmmaker James Cameron, who directed the 1997 blockbuster 'Titanic.'

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