2026年5月23日 / 美国东部时间上午6:41 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
马尔代夫政府发言人表示，本月早些时候在马尔代夫一处水下洞穴深处遇难的四名意大利潜水员的遗骸已于周六早些时候被遣返回国。
5月14日，五名意大利潜水员在瓦武环礁一处约160英尺深的水下洞穴中探索时失踪。当时，他们的意大利潜水教练的遗体已在洞穴外被找到并送回国内。
此次遗体打捞行动风险极高，期间遭遇多重阻碍。参与打捞任务的军方潜水员、马尔代夫人穆罕默德·马胡迪在行动中遇难后，打捞工作一度暂停。随后三名芬兰资深深海及洞穴潜水员加入任务，并于上周在该洞穴最深处的密室中找到了四名遇难者的遗体，该处水深约200英尺，即60米。马尔代夫的休闲潜水限制深度约为98英尺，即30米。
马尔代夫总统发言人穆罕默德·侯赛因·谢里夫周六表示，当局已启动两项调查：一项针对五名潜水员的死亡事件，另一项调查马胡迪在执行任务期间的死因。谢里夫还表示，意大利方面同意若对遣返遗体进行尸检，将共享所有调查结果。
2026年5月19日，在马累，红新月会应急救援人员和警方人员将意大利游客的遗体从警用快艇转运至救护车。穆罕默德·阿夫拉 / 法新社 via 盖蒂图片社
遇难者身份已确认：热那亚大学生态学副教授莫妮卡·蒙特法尔科内；其女儿乔治亚·索马卡尔；海洋生物学家费德里科·瓜尔蒂耶里；研究员穆里尔·奥登迪诺；以及潜水教练吉安卢卡·贝内德蒂。
政府发言人艾哈迈德·沙姆此前表示，四具遗体被发现时“几乎聚集在一起”。意大利《共和国报》报道称，该团队被困在了一处死胡同密室中。
最终完成遗体打捞任务的芬兰团队“丹麦欧洲公司”的首席执行官告诉法新社，该团队可能在洞穴内迷路了。
“考虑到他们的氧气供应极为有限，在水下停留时间极短，他们可能甚至都没有时间多次尝试寻找正确的出口，”马罗尼说道。
Bodies of divers who died in Maldives scuba accident returned to Italy
May 23, 2026 / 6:41 AM EDT / CBS/AP
The remains of four Italian divers who died deep inside an underwater cave earlier this month while diving in the Maldives were repatriated early Saturday, a Maldivian government spokesperson said.
Five Italian divers went missing on May 14 while exploring the cave about 160 feet underwater in Vaavu Atoll. The body of their Italian diving instructor was recovered outside the cave at the time and returned home.
A high-risk operation to recover the bodies faced hurdles and was initially suspended after Mohamed Mahudhee, Madlivian, a military diver who was part of the recovery team, was killed. Three Finnish expert deep and cave divers joined the mission and located the four bodies last week in the innermost chamber of the cave at a depth of around 200 feet, or 60 meters. The recreational diving limit in the Maldives is about 98 feet, or 30 meters.
Maldives President’s Spokesman Mohamed Hussain Shareef said Saturday two investigations were initiated; one into the death of the five divers and the other probing how Mahudheea died while on duty. Shareef also said Italy agreed to share any findings if autopsies were performed on the repatriated bodies.
Red Crescent emergency responders and police personnel transfer the bodies of Italian tourists from a police speed boat to an ambulance in Male on May 19, 2026. Mohamed Afrah /AFP via Getty Images
The victims have been identified as Monica Montefalcone, an associate professor of ecology at the University of Genoa; her daughter, Giorgia Sommacal; marine biologist Federico Gualtieri; researcher Muriel Oddenino; and diving instructor Gianluca Benedetti.
Government spokesperson Ahmed Shaam said earlier the four bodies were found “pretty much together.” Italy’s La Repubblica daily paper reported that the group was found inside a dead-end chamber.
The CEO of Dan Europe, the Finnish group that eventually recovered the remains, told AFP that the group “may have got lost” while inside the structure.
“Considering that they had a very limited air supply and therefore only a few minutes at the bottom, there probably wasn’t even time for them to make numerous attempts to find the correct exit,” Marroni said.
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