(UPI) — Bad weather was hampering a major operation Friday in the Maldives to recover the bodies of five Italians killed in a scuba diving incident while exploring underwater caves at a depth of more than 160 feet in the Vaavu Atoll area of the Indian Ocean archipelago.
The Italian Foreign Ministry said in a news release that Maldivian Coast Guard vessels had arrived at the scene, about 50 miles south of the capital, Male, with dive rescue teams on board who were being assisted by an expert Italian diver, and were preparing to make a reconnaissance dive.
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