Two Italian divers’ bodies to be recovered Tuesday, remaining two Wednesday
Authorities are recovering bodies of four missing Italian scuba divers from a cave system in Vaavu Atoll. Two bodies will be retrieved on Tuesday and the remaining two on Wednesday. The bodies were located in the third segment of the cave after an orientation dive by foreign experts. Finnish cave divers Sami Paakkarinen, Jenni Westerlund, and Patrik Grönqvist arrived to assist. One diver, Gianluca Benedetti, was previously recovered near the entrance and repatriated to Italy.
Authorities are recovering bodies of four missing Italian scuba divers from a cave system in Vaavu Atoll. Two bodies will be retrieved on Tuesday and the remaining two on Wednesday. The bodies were located in the third segment of the cave after an orientation dive by foreign experts. Finnish cave divers Sami Paakkarinen, Jenni Westerlund, and Patrik Grönqvist arrived to assist. One diver, Gianluca Benedetti, was previously recovered near the entrance and repatriated to Italy.
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Authorities are recovering bodies of four missing Italian scuba divers from a cave system in Vaavu Atoll. Two bodies will be retrieved on Tuesday and the remaining two on Wednesday. The bodies were located in the third segment of the cave after an orientation dive by foreign experts. Finnish cave divers Sami Paakkarinen, Jenni Westerlund, and Patrik Grönqvist arrived to assist. One diver, Gianluca Benedetti, was previously recovered near the entrance and repatriated to Italy.
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