A Maldives National Defence Force diver has died while undergoing treatment at ADK Hospital in Male’, after falling ill during what military officials are describing as the most complex and high-risk underwater operation the MNDF has ever undertaken. Staff Sergeant Mohamed Mahdi, a diver with the MNDF Coast Guard, was being treated in the intensive care unit when he died. The MNDF Coast Guard has been conducting a specialised search operation in Vaavu Atoll since Thursday, when five Italian tourists failed to resurface after a cave dive near Alimatha island. One body has been recovered. The four remaining divers are … Continue reading MNDF Diver Dies During Search Operation for Missing Italian Tourists in Vaavu Atoll