Volunteer divers had the astonishing encounter while retrieving abandoned fishing nets from a shipwreck.
By Denis Loktev
Published on
08/06/2026 - 8:01 GMT+2
When Derk Remmers and other volunteer technical divers went on a mission to clear a ghost net-entangled shipwreck in the Mediterranean, they witnessed something astonishing.
As they descended roughly 40 metres in the Strait of Sicily, a large great white shark emerged from the blue.
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