World’s best divers in race against time to recover bodies of Maldives tourists before sharks get to them
An elite team of divers is working to recover the bodies of five Italian tourists who died in a diving incident in the Maldives. The recovery mission is urgent due to concerns about sharks and environmental factors affecting the remains. Only one body has been recovered so far, and the team faces challenges including bad weather and limited resources in the region.
- ▪Five Italian tourists died in a diving incident in the Maldives, with only one body recovered so far.
- ▪An elite European team of divers has been dispatched to recover the remaining bodies before they are affected by sharks.
- ▪The recovery mission is complicated by bad weather and a lack of technical equipment in the Maldives.
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World News World’s best divers in race against time to recover bodies of Maldives tourists before sharks get to them By Anthony Blair Published May 17, 2026, 1:26 p.m. ET An elite squad of divers is in a race against time to recover the final bodies of the five Italians who died in Thursday’s tragic incident in the Maldives — hoping they can reach their remains before the sharks do. Only the body of the doomed group’s diving instructor has been found so far — while a Maldivian military rescue diver perished during the previous search for the other missing divers. The crack newly assembled European team, including three top divers from Finland, is set to resume the mission to recover the remaining four bodies from inside the treacherous network of underwater caves Monday.
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