Search operations resumed in the Maldives for four Italian scuba divers believed dead inside an underwater cave, in what officials called the worst single diving accident in the island nation's history.

Divers in the Maldives resumed searching on May 16, 2026, for the bodies of four Italian divers—Monica Montefalcone, Giorgia Sommacal, Federico Gualtieri, and Muriel Oddenino—who drowned in a cave at 50 metres depth in Vaavu Atoll, as the luxury yacht 'Duke of York' had its operating licence suspended indefinitely by the Maldivian tourism ministry.