Authorities search waters in the Maldives after 5 Italians were killed in a cave dive accident - AP News

Authorities search waters in the Maldives after 5 Italians were killed in a cave dive accident  AP News

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 five drowned Italian divers - The Straits Times

Maldives rescuers search for five drowned Italian divers  The Straits Times

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.

Maldives: Husband says Montefalcone among best scuba divers he knew

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 15 - Monica Montefalcone, the Genoa university professor who was among five Italians to die on a cave dive in the Maldives Thursday, was among the best scuba divers on Earth and would never have knowingly put her daughter's life at risk, her husband and the young woman's father told la Repubblica daily Friday. Genoa ecology professor Montefalcone, her daughter and Genoa bioengineering student Giorgia Sommacal, Genoa Earth science researcher Muriel Oddenino, Genoa biomedical...

By ANSA