maldives

You need $450M and ‘a set of balls’ to buy this floating doomsday bunker in the Maldives

A zero-land island spanning 155 acres of deep-water lagoon in the Maldives — designed like an eco-conscious doomsday bunker for the 1% — asks $450 million. 

Italian researcher’s fatal Maldives scuba gear mystery deepens on funeral day

Italian researcher Monica Montefalcone, one of the five divers who drowned in the Maldives, had published multiple studies on dives as deep as 260 feet in the Maldives - making...

First images emerge of deadly Maldives cave showing horrifying condition that trapped 5 scuba divers

The photos were taken by one of the elite Finnish divers called in to recover the remaining four bodies, after the search by Maldives National Defence Forces rescuers resulted in...

Husband recounts wife’s scuba dive death 40 years ago at same Maldives spot that killed 5 Italian tourists

"It was supposed to be a short dive, but I never saw my wife alive again," Giorgio Bettin told Italy's Il Gazzettino.

Maldives divers were just minutes away from reaching surface as tragic new details emerge

The five Italian divers who drowned in the Maldives were not wearing proper scuba equipment for the journey – and were just 15 minutes from the surface when they died.

Bodies of four remaining Italian scuba divers repatriated from the Maldives

Monica Montefalcone, a marine biologist from the University of Genoa, her daughter Giorgia Sommacal, researcher Muriel Oddenino, and recent graduate Federico Gualtieri were repatriated on an overnight Turkish Airlines flight...

Eerie look inside Maldives shark cave where 5 divers died

Footage from 2014 shows the inside of the underwater Maldives cave where five divers died on May 14th. The bodies of Monica Montefalcone, 52, her daughter Giorgia Sommacal, 20, Muriel...

Italian divers who drowned in Maldives may have made tragic mistake

"There was no way out," said the CEO of the company sent to recover their bodies.

Last two bodies of tourists trapped in Maldives ‘shark cave’ are recovered

An elite squad of Finnish divers recovered the final two bodies of the Italian tourists who were trapped 200 feet in a shark-infested underwater cave in the Maldives.

Italian diver’s fiancÃĐ wrote heartbreaking love letter after she died in Maldives scuba tragedy

The fiancÃĐ of one of the five Italian divers who died in an underwater cave in the Maldives declared his everlasting love for her in a heartbreaking note read at...

Elite divers recover bodies of two Italian tourists from underwater Maldives ‘shark cave’

An elite team of Finnish divers on Tuesday recovered the bodies of two of the five Italian tourists who died in a shark-infested underwater cave in the Maldives -- as prosecutors launched a culpable-homicide investigation....

Military diver who died trying to recover Italian tourists in Maldives was ‘not trained’ to go into caves: ex-boss

“I am saying they shouldn’t have gone in, knowing that it’s dangerous."

Remaining bodies of missing tourists found in ‘shark cave’ after Maldives’ worst-ever diving disaster

The bodies of four remaining Italian divers were found Monday in the Maldives, four days after they went missing while exploring an underwater cave. An elite team of three expert...

World’s best divers in race against time to recover bodies of Maldives tourists before sharks get to them

"During past recoveries, the worst happened. So every hour that passes is crucial."

Doomed Italian scuba divers weren’t authorized to dive cave: veteran Maldivian diver

"Everyone knows the rules were broken," a instructor-trainer with 30 years of technical diving experience charged.

Recovery operation for Italian divers killed in Maldives cave ends without finding remaining four bodies

The search for the bodies of four Italian divers trapped in an underwater cave in the Maldives ended Saturday without recovering any remains -- as an expert European recovery team...

Eerie video captures final image of military diver killed in Maldives scuba dive recovery mission

Sergeant Major Mohamed Mahudhee was filmed standing shoulder-to-shoulder as the elite crew of rescuers pored over the day's rescue plan.

Last words of Italian marine biologist who died in Maldives scuba dive tragedy revealed

The five divers who died included marine biologist Monica Montefalcone, an award-winning researcher from the University of Genoa in Italy, on a work trip to the Maldives to monitor the...

Diver dies after searching for bodies of tourists killed in Maldives scuba tragedy

A Maldivian diver has apparently died in the search for the bodies of five Italian tourists killed in a scuba excursion earlier this week, according to a report.

Husband who lost wife, daughter in Maldives diving tragedy insists ‘something happened down there’

"My wife is among the best divers on the face of the earth... Never would she have endangered the life of our daughter," the grieving husband and father said.