The photos were taken by one of the elite Finnish divers called in to recover the remaining four bodies, after the search by Maldives National Defence Forces rescuers resulted in the death of one o…
DAN EuropeDAN Europe The five Italians vanished during a deep-water dive inside a cave 164 feet underwater in Vaavu Atoll, in what officials called the worst diving accident in the island nation’s history.
Sami Paakkarinen, one the three-person recovery dive team, captured the striking images during his squad’s final dive Thursday, one day after the last two bodies were pulled from the cave. The first series of images were taken near the cave entrance, where the sunlight still lights the way. That’s where diving instructor and boat captain Gianluca Benedetti was found, away from the rest of the group, May 14, the day of the tragedy.
In the second set of photos deeper inside the cave, the visibility is clearly worse. Here a small kick of the fins as one tries to move inside the tight space is enough to stir up sediment from the ocean floor. That’s where the group is believed to have become disoriented, eventually running out of air, according to one of the Finnish divers.
In the deeper chambers, a small kick of the fins as the divers try to move inside the tight space is enough to stir up sediment from the ocean floor, clouding the view. Benedetti is believed to have tried to find his way out of the cave, before he ran out of air and died near its entrance.
The prosecutor’s office in Rome has opened a culpable homicide investigation into why a group of experienced divers descended below the Maldives’ legal recreational diving limit of 100 feet without the required training, permits or equipment. DAN EuropeDAN EuropeHere a small kick of the fins as one tries to move inside the tight space is enough to stir up sediment from the ocean floor.
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