New details have emerged from the serious tragedy in the Maldives, where five Italian divers lost their lives during a dive on May 14 in the area known as Dhekunu Kandu, or "Shark Cave".
While the team of Finnish experts has managed to recover two of the four missing bodies, authorities are continuing their investigations to find out exactly what happened about 60 meters below the sea surface.
According to Italian media, among the hypotheses being examined by investigators is that the divers may not have entered the cave voluntarily, but were involved in a physical phenomenon known as the "Venturi effect."
This phenomenon, discovered by Italian physicist Giovanni Battista Venturi, explains that when a liquid or gas passes through a narrow space, its speed increases significantly, while the pressure drops. As a result, a powerful suction force is created, which under certain conditions can pull objects or people towards the narrowed area.
Experts suspect that the structure of the cave in the Maldives, consisting of three chambers, an entrance and an exit, may have created exactly this effect, trapping divers inside it.
The cave is considered extremely dangerous due to its narrow corridors and sediment that can be raised by underwater movements, reducing visibility to zero and causing total disorientation.
Meanwhile, investigators are also analyzing equipment recovered from the scene, including GoPro cameras and dive computers. Authorities believe the recorded data could help reconstruct the final minutes of the tragedy, the route the group took and any technical problems they may have encountered during the dive.
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