Bodies of 2 Italian divers are recovered from deep in a Maldives underwater cave
Three specialist Finnish divers recovered the pair after a search complicated by narrow passages, darkness and depths of about 60 meters, officials said.
- On Tuesday, three Finnish diving experts recovered two of the four Italian bodies found deep inside a cave in the Maldives, as confirmed by presidential spokesperson Mohamed Hussain Shareef.
- Five Italian divers went missing on Thursday while exploring a cave at about 50 meters in Vaavu Atoll, with one body discovered outside the cave shortly after the incident.
- Alert Network Europe deployed technical divers to reach the bodies located around 60 meters deep, which exceeds the 30 meters legal recreational diving limit.
- Maldives government spokesperson Ahmed Shaam announced that the remaining two bodies will be recovered on Wednesday, stating they were found 'pretty much together' in the cave's largest segment.
- The team used specialized equipment to allow for 'significantly longer dives,' according to Alert Network Europe, as divers navigated 'deep overhead environments, confined spaces and high-risk scenarios' during the operation.
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The last two bodies of the five deceased Italian divers have been recovered in the Maldives. The Italians died last Thursday during a diving trip to underwater caves.
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Five divers died in an underwater cave in the Maldives. The missing bodies of four of them were located on Monday before being recovered on Tuesday and Wednesday. The mystery remains as to the circumstances of the diving accident, the most deadly in the history of the Maldives.
Specialist divers from Finland retrieved the bodies from the underwater cave's third chamber after a two-hour operation.
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