Suspended working licence
The physique of 1 diver, but to be publicly named, was present in a cave at a depth of 60 metres.
“The Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation has suspended the working licence of the liveaboard vessel MV Duke of York indefinitely, pending the end result of an investigation into the diving incident that occurred in Vaavu Atoll on Could 14,” the ministry mentioned.
The Duke of York is a 36-metre luxurious boat that may accommodate 25 visitors.
Italy’s international ministry confirmed on Thursday that each one 5 of its nationals had died.
The low-lying Maldives, a nation of 1,192 tiny coral islands scattered some 800 kilometres throughout the equator within the Indian Ocean, is a luxurious vacation vacation spot common with divers, who usually keep at secluded resorts or on liveaboard dive boats.
Diving and water-sport-related accidents are comparatively uncommon within the South Asian nation, though a number of deadly incidents have been reported in recent times.
