Rescue diver dies during search for bodies of Italians who drowned in Maldives caves

Staff Sergeant Mohamed Mahdhee died while diving in the search and rescue operation, the Maldives government tells the BBC.

Maldivian authorities suspended the search for four missing Italian divers after Staff Sergeant Mohamed Mahudhee died from decompression sickness during the recovery mission in Vaavu Atoll's underwater cave.

The recovery operation in the Maldives to retrieve the bodies of four Italian divers trapped in an underwater cave was suspended due to rough seas, with one body recovered and three others still missing.

Staff Sergeant Mohamed Mahdhee died while searching for the bodies of four Italians who drowned in a scuba-diving accident in the Maldives, marking the worst single diving accident in the nation.

Divers in the Maldives resumed the search for the bodies of four Italian divers believed to be deep inside an underwater cave, after rough weather hampered the effort the previous day.

A search diver has died while looking for the bodies of tourists who had been exploring underwater caves in the Maldives, the country's president has revealed.

A Maldivian military diver died Saturday while searching for the bodies of four Italian divers believed to be deep inside an underwater cave, highlighting the difficulty of the mission.

A rescue diver in the Maldives searching for the bodies of four Italians, who drowned in the deadliest diving disaster in the Indian Ocean tourist destination, has also died, authorities said Saturday.

A rescue diver has died while searching for the bodies of four Italians who died in a scuba-diving accident in the Maldives, marking the worst single diving accident in the nation.

A rescue diver has died while searching for the bodies of four Italians who died in a diving accident in the Maldives, marking the worst single diving accident in the nation.

A rescue diver in the Maldives searching for the bodies of four Italians, who drowned in the deadliest diving disaster in the Indian Ocean tourist destination, has also died, authorities said Saturday.