Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleTwo bodies of Italian divers have been recovered from an underwater cave system in the Maldives, part of a group of five who died last week. Recovery efforts for the remaining four bodies were temporarily suspended after a Maldivian military diver, Mohamed Mahudhee, died from decompression sickness during the mission. On Monday, three Finnish diving experts, supported by local police and military, located the four bodies in the deepest section of the cave, approximately 60 meters (200 feet) deep. The Maldivian government plans to recover two more bodies on Wednesday, with the four found "pretty much together" inside the cave's third segment. Maldives police have launched a criminal investigation into the incident, examining whether the diving trip complied with safety regulations and weather warnings. In fullBodies of two Italian divers recovered from Maldives cave networkThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

Authorities previously suspended recovery operation for bodies of four divers believed to have died while exploring Vaavu Atoll cave

The group of five Italian divers is believed to have died while exploring a cave at a depth of about 50 meters (160 feet) in Vaavu Atoll on Thursday.

Mohamed Mahudhee, a member of the Maldivian National Defense Force, died of underwater decompression sickness after being transferred to a hospital in the capital.

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International cave divers have arrived in the 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…

It's believed to be the deadliest diving disaster to have taken place in the Indian Ocean tourist destination.

Expert divers have been sent to the Maldives to retrieve four bodies in a deep-sea cave network, in a search mission that's already killed one military rescue diver.

The attempt to retrieve the five bodies has already claimed another life, underscoring the peril and complexity of the recovery effort.

Rescuers have located the bodies of four divers believed to be deep inside an underwater cave in a Maldive atoll. The body of a fifth diver was recovered last week.

Five Italian divers are believed to have died while exploring a cave at a depth of about 50 metres in Vaavu Atoll on Thursday, according to Italy’s Foreign Ministry. #EuropeNews

The bodies of four Italian scuba divers, missing since last week, have been located in an underwater cave in the Maldives.

Bodies of all five missing divers now recovered after local diver also died during rescue mission

The group went missing five days earlier while exploring an underwater cave system.

Search operations resumed on Monday after being suspended following the death of a local military diver. | World News

Spokesperson for Indian Ocean island nation says they will try to recover explorers in next couple of days

The bodies of four Italians who drowned in the Maldives' worst diving disaster were found in an underwater cave on Monday, Maldivian and Italian officials said, after an…

MALE, Maldives: Finnish divers on Tuesday recovered the bodies of two of the four remaining Italians who died deep inside an underwater cave in an atoll in the Maldives, an…

Maldives government spokesman Ahmed Shaam had earlier said that the three Finnish divers would retrieve the bodies, which were lying at a depth of around 60 metres. #EuropeNews

The bodies of two of the four remaining Italians who died in an underwater cave in the Maldives were recovered by divers on Tuesday, an official said, as efforts continue to…

Finnish divers recovered the bodies after they were located deep inside an underwater cave in the Maldives.