Monica Montefalcon

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From top left, clockwise: Monica Montefalcone, Giorgia Somacal, Muriel Odenino, Gianluca Benedetti, and Federico Gualtieri are the five individuals who tragically lost their lives inside a Maldivian reef cave last May.

Italian divers confirmed to have died after running out of oxygen

The bodies of four tourists who died in a diving accident in the Maldives have been repatriated to Italy. After arriving at Milan Malpensa Airport, the remains are being transported to the mortuary of the Sant'Antonio Abate Hospital in Gallarate.

Italian tourists died from oxygen depletion or drowning, preliminary findings show

From top left to right: Monica Montefalcone, Federico Gualtieri, Gianluca Benedetti, Muriel Odenino, Giorgia Somacal, and Mohamed Mahdi.

Bodies of four Italian tourists repatriated

A photograph showing a member of the recovery team entering the mouth of the cave during the operation to retrieve the bodies of those trapped inside.

Italian authorities seize diving equipment used by deceased divers

The bodies of Monica Montefalcone and research fellow Federico Gualtieri, who were discovered trapped inside an underwater cave, have now been recovered.

Final two bodies recovered from diving accident site

Sami Paakkarinen, a recovery diver from Finland.

Team of expert Finnish divers spent three hours navigating a deep underwater cave to recover bodies of Italian divers

Chilling footage emerges showing underwater cave where five tourists tragically lost their lives!

Montefalcone, a marine biologist from the University of Genoa in Italy, was visiting the Maldives on a research mission.

Final words of Italian professor who died in diving accident revealed

The victim of this incident has been identified as Monica Montefalcone, an Associate Professor of Ecology at the University of Genoa in Italy.

Husband of marine biologist who died in diving accident: "My wife was among the best divers in the world"