Five Italian Divers Dead in Maldives Cave Accident
Five Italian citizens, including a marine biology professor from the University of Genoa, her daughter, and two young researchers, have died in a deep diving accident in the Maldives. The incident occurred in Vaavu Atoll on Thursday afternoon. One body has been recovered, while search operations for the remaining four missing divers continued on Friday. Maldives Minister of Tourism Mohamed Ameen expressed deep sadness and confirmed that coastguard and security forces are actively engaged in the search and recovery operation. This is the country's deadliest diving accident.
Key facts
- Five Italian citizens died in a diving accident in the Maldives.
- Victims include a marine biology professor, her daughter, and two young researchers from the University of Genoa.
- The accident occurred in Vaavu Atoll on Thursday afternoon.
- One body has been recovered; four remain missing.
- Search operations continued on Friday with coastguard and security forces.
- Maldives Minister of Tourism Mohamed Ameen confirmed the search.
- Italy's foreign ministry reported the deaths on Thursday night.
- This is the deadliest diving accident in the Maldives.
Entities
Institutions
- University of Genoa
- Italy's foreign ministry
- Maldives Ministry of Tourism
- Maldives Coastguard
Locations
- Maldives
- Vaavu Atoll
- Indian Ocean