Maldives scuba diving accident latest update: When will bodies of Italian scuba divers be recovered? All details here

Three Finnish cave divers are ​joining efforts in ​the Maldives on Monday to try ​to find and recover the bodies of four Italian scuba divers who died in an accident in underwater ‌caves, ⁠the DAN ⁠Europe divers' network said. The team arrived on Sunday, ​DAN Europe said in a statement, after the incident in ​the Vaavu Atoll, where the Italian divers had been exploring caves at a depth ​of 50 metres (165 feet) on Thursday.





The ⁠body of ‌one of the Italian ​divers ​was recovered on Friday, the Maldives National ⁠Defence Force (MNDF) said in a statement on ​Friday.




"The body was recovered from about ​60 metres deep from inside a cave structure. It is assumed that the rest of the divers would also be inside this cave which is about 200 ‌feet in length," the statement said.




The Finnish divers -- Sami Paakkarinen, Jenni Westerlund ​and Patrik Grönqvist -- ​will work ⁠with the MNDF and other officials.




A MNDF diver taking part in the search, Sergeant-major Mohamed Mahudhee, ​died on Saturday from decompression illness, prompting the MNDF to temporarily suspend the recovery effort which has been taking place in rough weather and sea conditions.