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Experts warn about the risks of cave diving without proper training, planning and specialised equipment after deaths in Vaavu atoll
The husband of Monica Montefalcone, Carlo Sommacal, is demanding answers after a fatal diving trip in Maldives took the lives of his wife and daughter.
Investigators probing the deadly cave diving tragedy that left five people dead are now examining a dramatic new twist that could reshape the understanding of what went wrong deep underground. Officials say the five experienced divers died during an unauthorized deep dive inside the Thinwana Kandu cave system in the Maldives’ Vaavu Atoll on Thursday,
The first pictures of the underwater cave where five Italian divers died have been made public as four of their bodies were repatriated to Milan Saturday for Italian prosecutors to advance their manslaughter investigation.
Five Italian tourists were thought to be minutes from the surface of a Maldives cave dive when they vanished and were later found dead following a major rescue mission
Five Italians, including a professor and her 20-year-old daughter, died during a scuba diving excursion in the Maldives. An investigation is underway into what went wrong.
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Maldives diving tragedy: What happened to the five Italian divers found inside a deep sea cave?
The recovery mission itself became another tragedy after Mohamed Mahudhee, a 43-year-old Maldives National Defence Force diver, died during operations on May 16.
A MISSION to recover the bodies of four Italians who went missing while diving in the Maldives is “technically challenging, emotionally intense, and complex.” About 60 metres deep in
Five Italians and a rescuer have died in the Maldives as officials launch a probe into the tragedy - two questions remain unanswered as the investigation gets underway
Video. Search and recovery operations remained underway in the Maldives’ Vaavu Atoll after five Italian divers went missing during a deep cave dive near Alimathaa Island.
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Maldives diving tragedy: GoPro cameras could reveal divers' final moments inside underwater cave
Five experienced Italian divers who vanished inside an underwater cave system in the Maldives may have become trapped after taking a wrong turn deep below the surface, investigators now believe. The group disappeared during a dive near Alimathaa Island in Vaavu Atoll on 14 May,
A member of the diving team that recovered the bodies of the five Italian scuba divers who drowned in the Maldives said their equipment “was not optimal.” Four of the divers’ bodies were found together in a cave 164 feet underwater.