The dive squad is operating from this barge at the Jack's Pt area of Lake Wakatipu. Photo: Mandy CooperSpecialised sonar equipment is being set up in Queenstown today as police search for the body of a missing United States skydiver. Tyler Nii (27), of California, is missing, presumed dead, after he and his tandem-skydiving instructor plunged into Lake Wakatipu while on a jump with skydive firm NZONE last Wednesday. Tyler NiiOtago Lakes Central Area Commander Inspector Olaf Jensen said in a statement this morning the police national dive squad had arrived in Queenstown to search for Mr Nii. The Wellington-based police national dive squad has previously said it would be a complex search because the water is 250m deep in parts in the Kingston arm of the lake.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 14, 2018 21:00 UTC