Famous Chinese cave diver Han Ting has been confirmed as missing at the Jiudun Tianchuang scenic spot in Hechi City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Monday.
Emergency department staff of Du'an County received reports of Han, aged 47, going missing at about 11am on Monday, with emergency response team now searching for the missing diver.
The Jiudun Tianchuang scenic spot is currently closed. And, a local official claimed that Han has been missing for over 40 hours after going diving on Saturday night.
Han was seen going into the water at about 11pm on Saturday and campers around the diving site and local villagers reported that many of them were waiting for him to resurface. However, Han didn't show up.
Han has participated in many diving rescue missions, according to officials of Daxing Township under the county. His diving team Lanqi (blue flag) has conducted many diving salvage operations at the site.