The police are set to release their final investigation report which may help explain the mystery surrounding the deaths of five Italian divers inside a flooded Maldives cave. The divers disappeared while exploring the notorious Dhekunu Kandu cave system in the Vaavu Atoll earlier this month and their bodies were found 200ft deep inside the underwater cavern.
The mystery surrounding the deaths of five Italian divers inside a flooded Maldives cave may finally be solved when police release their final investigation report, rescue specialists who recovered the bodies have said.
The group vanished while exploring the notorious Dhekunu Kandu cave system in the Vaavu Atoll earlier this month. Their bodies were later discovered 200ft deep inside the underwater cavern. Now, Finnish rescue diver Sami Paakkarinen, part of the specialist Dan Europe recovery team sent to retrieve the victims, says evidence handed to police could help explain exactly what went wrong.
Investigators were given extensive material gathered during the recovery mission and authorities are now working to piece together the divers' final moments. Tragic human error may have contributed to the disaster and questions were raised about the equipment used by the group. The divers had not been using specialist underwater caving gear despite venturing into the challenging cave system. The equipment found on the divers was not optimal and they were short on time.
The expert diver said he and his team would never attempt such a dive without a guide rope or scuba diving reel. Four of the victims were found together in one section of the cave this week, while a fifth diver was discovered near the entrance days earlier. The cavern is deep and very challenging, it initially took rescue teams 50 minutes to reach the site before they adjusted ropes and moved equipment.
The team that recovered the bodies released the first photos from inside the doomed Maldives cave system where five Italian divers died. The group set off to explore deep-sea caverns in the Vaavu Atoll last Thursday, but never resurfaced. Images published by Dan Europe show the narrow underwater passages where the divers' bodies were found, with light quickly fading into near-total darkness.
The images documentation the inner sections of the cave, where visibility can rapidly disappear due to disturbed coral sediment and navigation becomes more complex. The rescue team operated during the search recovery mission over the past days. The group included Monica Montefalcone, a marine biology professor with many years of experience; her daughter, Giorgia Sommacal; two young researchers, Federico Gualtieri and Muriel Oddenino; and their Maldives-based guide, Gianluca Benedetti
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