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5 dead in 160-foot Maldives scuba dive -- worst diving accident nation has ever seen

New York Post·Natalie O'Neill·18 days ago
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Five Italian tourists died on a daring, deep-water scuba dive into an underwater cave in The Maldives — sparking a police investigation into the tragedy, authorities said Thursday. Monica Montefalcone, a marine biology professor at the University of Genoa, and her 20-year-old daughter, Giorgia Sommacal, were 160 feet deep in the waters of Vaavu Atoll when they vanished Thursday, Italy’s foreign ministry said. Three other adventure seekers on the trip — Muriel Oddenino of Turin, Gianluca Benedetti of Padua, and Federico Gualtieri of Borgomanero — also failed to resurface from the dive, according to the UK Sun. Giorgia Sommacal was one of five Italian tourists who died on a scuba diving trip. Giorgia Sommacal / Instagram Rescue crews rushed to the scuba hotspot, near the island of Alimatha, at around 1:45 p.m. and frantically searched the mouthwash-blue stretch of the Indian Ocean before discovering their bodies, officials said.…

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