Maldives rescuers search for missing Italian divers in underwater cave

Rescue teams in the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Maldives searched for a second day Friday for the bodies of four missing Italians following the country’s deadliest diving accident, officials said. Italy’s foreign ministry said on Thursday night that five citizens had died while diving, with Maldivian authorities recovering one body. Maldives Minister of Tourism Mohamed Ameen said coastguard officers and security forces were scouring remote seas around where the divers were reported missin...

By Agence France-Presse

Maldives rescuers search for drowned Italian divers

Rescue teams in the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Maldives are searching for a second day for the bodies of four missing Italians following the country's deadliest diving accident, officials said.

Gas in tanks or human error behind Maldives tragedy says expert

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 15 - An incorrect mix of gases in the divers' tanks or human error may have been behind the tragedy in which five Italians lost their lives scuba diving in an underwater cave in the Maldives Thursday, an expert told ANSA Friday. One of the unanswered questions concerns the gas mix in the tanks used by the divers. Under certain conditions, even natural gases like oxygen can become toxic, observes Gerardo Bosco, full professor of Sports Physiology at the University of Chieti ...

By ANSA