A veteran Maldivian diver alleges the five Italians who died trapped in a deep underwater cave didn’t have the required government authorization to undertake such a perilous dive, and would still be alive today if the rules had been followed.
A group of five Italian scuba divers died exploring the Alimathaa cave in the Vaavu Atoll Thursday, at a depth of about 160 feet, according to Italy’s Foreign Ministry.
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Shafraz Naeem, a divemaster with 30 years of technical diving experience and advisor to the Maldives National Defence Force, has done more than 50 dives in the cave where the group disappeared and even a Coast Guard diver died Saturday.
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“Everyone knows the rules were broken,” Naeem said in an interview Saturday with Italian news service ANSA.
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