Final two bodies of missing Italians recovered from inside Maldives cave
The bodies of two missing Italians have been recovered from an underwater cave in the Maldives following a scuba diving accident. A team of Finnish divers successfully retrieved the bodies after a complex operation. The recovery mission continues as two more bodies remain unaccounted for, and investigations are underway to determine the cause of the accident.
- ▪Two bodies of missing Italians were recovered from an underwater cave in the Maldives.
- ▪The recovery operation was conducted by specialist Finnish divers and took two hours.
- ▪Four divers were part of a team from the University of Genoa, which did not approve the deep-sea dive that led to the accident.
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Two bodies of missing Italians recovered from inside Maldives caveJust nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleAnbarasan EthirajanGlobal Affairs CorrespondentReutersA team of specialist Finnish divers were able to retrieve the two bodies on Tuesday The bodies of two Italians who drowned in a scuba diving accident in the Maldives last week have been brought to the surface, local officials have told the BBC."They were retrieved from the third chamber of the underwater cave by the specialist divers from Finland after a two-hour operation," Mohamed Hossain Shareef, a Maldivian government spokesperson told the BBC.The two bodies were being brought to the capital Male for identification.They were among five people who died in the accident.
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