The first photos from inside the cave where five experienced divers died have been released by Dan Europe, the organization involved in the expedition. The pictures show eerie underwater passages with vanishing visibility, possibly leading to the tragic accident.
The first photos from inside the doomed Maldives cave system where five Italian divers died have now been released by the team that recovered their bodies.
Images published by Dan Europe show the eerie underwater passages where visibility reportedly vanished as rescuers searched for the trapped group more than 60 metres below the surface. Sharing the pictures on Instagram, the diving organisation said: 'Natural light still filters through the entrance before the system descends into darkness'.
The bodies of Monica Montefalcone, 52, her daughter Giorgia Sommacal, 20, Muriel Oddenino, 31, and Federico Gualtieri, 31, were found on Monday near the mouth of the third and final chamber of the caves in the Vaavu Atoll, at a depth of around 50 metres. The body of diving instructor Gianluca Benedetti was found near the mouth of the Thinwana Kandu cave on the day the divers disappeared, on May 19.
Mystery has clouded the tragedy, which has been called the worst diving incident in the island nation, as investigators try to determine how the group of experienced scuba divers met their fate. Expert divers who recovered the bodies this week, has suggested the group may have taken the wrong tunnel on their way out of an underwater cave.
The first photos from inside the doomed Maldives cave system where five Italian divers died have now been released by the organisation involved in the expedition Images published by DAN Europe show the eerie underwater passages where visibility reportedly vanished as rescuers searched for the trapped group more than 60 metres below the surface Sharing the pictures on Instagram , the diving organisation said: 'Natural light still filters through the entrance before the system descends into darkness' The bodies of Monica Montefalcone, 52, her daughter Giorgia Sommacal, 20, Muriel Oddenino, 31, and Federico Gualtieri, 31, were found on Monday near the mouth of the third and final chamber of the caves in the Vaavu Atoll, at a depth of around 50 metres The pro-divers, working for Dan Europe found the Italians in a corridor with a dead end inside the cave complex, Italy's daily newspaper La Repubblica reported.
'There was no way out from there,' the company's CEO, Laura Marroni, was quoted by La Repubblica as saying. This is a breaking news story, more to follow.
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