Divers prepare to search for the four missing Italian divers near Vaavu Atoll, Maldives.
International cave divers have arrived in Maldives to step up the search for the remains of four Italians who died while scuba diving in the island paradise, a day after a military officer lost his life in the recovery attempt.
Three Finnish divers from the Divers Alert Network (DAN), a global scuba safety group, touched down in Maldives on Sunday and were on their way to meet the local coast guard team to work on a new strategy to complete the mission, said Maldives' chief government spokesperson Mohamed Hussain Shareef.
"They were recommended by Italy and have completed deep dives and cave dives around the world," Shareef told CNN.
Laura Marroni, vice president of the DAN Europe Foundation and one of the mission coordinators, told Italian state-owned broadcaster RAI on Sunday that the Finnish divers are experts in "rescue operations in obstructed environments".
