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Maldives diving accident: Remains of 4 Italian cave divers in Maldives have been repatriated
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The remains of four Italian divers who died deep inside an underwater cave earlier this month while diving in the Maldives were repatriated early Saturday, a Maldivian government spokesperson said.
The four coffins arrived at Milan's Malpensa Airport in the middle of the day. The bodies were taken to a morgue and autopsies were due to begin on Monday, according to Italian news agency LaPresse.
Five Italian divers went missing on May 14 while exploring the cave about 50 meters (160 feet) in Vaavu Atoll. The body of their Italian diving instructor was recovered outside the cave at the time and has already been returned home.
After 6 Dead in a Maldives Scuba Tragedy, the Safety Lessons We Need to Take Away
A scuba diver explores a sea cave in the Maldives. (Photo: Reinhard Dirscherl/ullstein bild via Getty Images)
A group of five Italian divers slipped beneath the surface in the Vaavu Atoll in the Maldives on Thursday, May 14. Scuba diving is one of the main reasons why 2 million tourists each year flock to the beautiful island nation, which is located 470 miles off the southern coast of India.
By all appearances, the group that departed on May 14 consisted of expert divers and marine researchers, who were exploring the Maldives’ largest barrier reef on a recreational dive.
Instead, the trip became the worst diving accident in Maldivian history.
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Maldives cave divers died after ‘taking wrong turn’
Italian divers who died in a deep undersea cave in the Maldives lost their way and ended up in a dead end where they ran out of air, investigators believe.
Instead of swimming through a passageway that led back to the open sea, the divers are believed to have taken a wrong turn and entered a pitch-black cave that had no exit.
They may have missed the correct exit because their flippers had stirred up the sandy floor of the cave system, turning the water murky and making it hard to see the right route.
The coral cavern system they were exploring was at a depth of around 60 metres, meaning there would have been little margin for error.
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