Authorities search waters in the Maldives for 4 Italians killed in a cave dive after 1 body found
Authorities are using expert divers and aircraft as rough weather slows a high-risk recovery effort, with four bodies still missing after one was found.
- On Thursday, five Italian tourists died in the Maldives' Vaavu Atoll, an incident local officials described as the worst diving accident in the nation's history.
- The group vanished while diving from the Duke vessel, during rough weather conditions with a yellow weather warning in place and winds reaching almost 50km/h.
- Among the dead were 55-year-old marine biologist Monica Montefalcone and her 20-year-old daughter Giorgia Sommacal, alongside Muriel Oddenino, Federico Gualtieri, and Gianluca Benedetti.
- Maldives National Defence Force crews discovered the bodies inside the cave network about 60 metres below the surface during a search operation they characterized as "high risk."
- The University offered "deepest condolences" to the community, while Italy's Foreign Ministry confirmed it is providing consular assistance to the families via the embassy in Sri Lanka.
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The recovery of the bodies of four Italians who died in a diving accident in the Maldives continues. Now a rescue diver of the Maldivian military has been killed.
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