{"id":338089,"date":"2026-05-21T01:53:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T20:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=338089"},"modified":"2026-05-21T01:53:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T20:23:45","slug":"bodycams-found-on-divers-killed-in-maldives-could-reveal-final-moments-news-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/bodycams-found-on-divers-killed-in-maldives-could-reveal-final-moments-news-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Bodycams found on divers killed in Maldives could reveal final moments | News World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<\/div><figcaption>Monica Montefalcone one in all the five Italian scuba divers who died (Picture: Greenpeace via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bodycams have been found with the divers killed in a Maldives cave which could finally reveal what happened of their final moments. <\/p>\n<p>Five Italians on a research trip were killed during a\u00a0dive\u00a0into the 160 ft deep \u2018shark\u00a0cave\u2019 within the Devana Kandu cave system last week.<\/p>\n<p>The bodies of ecology professor Monica Montefalcone, her daughter Giorgia Sommacal, researcher Muriel Oddenino, and marine biologist Federico Gualtieri have now all been retrieved.<\/p>\n<p>They were accompanied by diving instructor Gianluca Benedetti, whose body was found last week.<\/p>\n<p>In total six people have been killed as a part of the cave dive, with Maldivian military rescue diver Mohamed Mahudhee dying from decompression illness on Saturday during a recovery mission.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.metro.co.uk\/i\/html_modules\/2026\/05_MAY\/260518_Maldives_Diver_Search\/index.html\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500px\" class=\"metro-iframe iframe-autoheight \" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" name=\"6a0e1850b0d1e\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tJoin for all of the newest stories\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<p>Start your day informed with Metro&#8217;s <strong>News Updates<\/strong> newsletter or get <strong>Breaking News <\/strong>alerts the moment it happens. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"342\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SEC_297842299-4d2f.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28418067\" alt=\"(Left) ecology professor Monica Montefalcone and (Right) her daughter Giorgia Sommacal.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\">\t<\/div><figcaption>In total six people have died in the course of the dive, including ecology professor Monica Montefalcone (left) and her daughter Giorgia Sommacal (right)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"646\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SEI_297167530-d214.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28379970\" alt=\"Federico Gualtieri died in the Maldives, the 31-year-old Piedmontese Five tourists 'including university professor and her daughter' die during diving excursion in 160ft-deep cave in Maldives\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Federico Gualtieri, a marine biologist, died in the course of the cave dive on Thursday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Three expert divers who recovered 4 of the bodies handed over GoPro cameras which were found with the group. <\/p>\n<p>The footage has not yet been made public. <\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless it is hoped they may piece together the group\u2019s final moments as investigators scramble to determine what happened to the group who went deep below the really helpful depth. <\/p>\n<p>They were on a research trip about soft corals on Thursday morning when the group is believed to have died around 160 ft deep.<\/p>\n<p>That they had launched the expedition from the Duke of\u00a0York\u00a0yacht, which didn&#8217;t have a permit allowing dives of greater than 100 ft.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"328\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SEI_297249118-02ca-e1779261148472.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28379965\" alt=\"15818615 Five tourists die during diving excursion in 160ft-deep cave in Maldives Muriel Oddenino https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=10238827465\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Researcher Muriel Oddenino had been on an official scientific mission with Ms Montefalcone prior to the dive (Picture: Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"345\" height=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SEI_297163288-838e.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=345\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28379971\" alt=\"Gianluca Benedetti Five tourists 'including university professor and her daughter' die during diving excursion in 160ft-deep cave in Maldives\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Gianluca Benedetti\u2019s body was the primary to be recovered last week<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Monica\u2019s husband and pa of Giorgia Carlo Sommacal told\u00a0Italian\u00a0media his wife \u2018was top-of-the-line divers on the earth\u2019 and would never put his daughter in danger.<\/p>\n<p>He said she had carried out about 5,000 dives and was \u2018never reckless\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian tour operator that managed the diving trip has denied authorising or knowing in regards to the group\u2019s deep dive, which exceeded local limits, its lawyer told Italian local publication Corriere della Sera.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation is underway to ascertain the reason for death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong><strong><strong>Get in contact with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this, <\/strong><strong>check our news page<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"><\/use><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: First picture of bus driver killed in Battersea Bridge \u2018assault\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"><\/use><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Mosque shooters 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