New Delhi, Oct 3, 2025

In yet another incident where technology came to the rescue, an Apple Watch Ultra has saved the life of a 26-year-old Mumbai techie during a scuba diving accident near Puducherry.

The man, Kshitij Zodape, who works with an e-commerce company, was diving this summer when his equipment malfunctioned underwater, putting his life at risk.

Kshitij, who has been diving since 2020, recalled that the waters were choppy with poor visibility, barely 5 to 10 metres.

He had gone about 36 metres deep in the Bay of Bengal when his weight belt suddenly came loose.

This caused him to rise rapidly towards the surface, an ascent that could have been fatal.

“We were around 36 metres down when I suddenly started shooting up towards the surface,” he said.

The Apple Watch Ultra str

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