The bodies of the 5 Italian divers have RETURNED HOME. Their grieving families COLLAPSED IN TEARS the instant the bodies finally appeared before them. And one CHILLING detail on the caskets left every funeral vehicle heading straight to the morgue

The bodies of the four Italian divers who died inside the deadly underwater cave system in the Maldives have now returned to Italy — and the haunting scenes at Milan’s Malpensa Airport are leaving the entire country in shock.

According to the latest reports from AP, the victims’ remains arrived aboard Turkish Airlines flight TK1895 before being transferred under heavy security to Gallarate for autopsies. But what devastated witnesses most was not only the tragedy itself.

It was the SILENCE.

Italian media are now calling the return “THE SILENT HOMECOMING.”

The victims included renowned marine ecology professor MONICA MONTEFALCONE, her daughter GIORGIA SOMMACAL, Federico Gualtieri, Muriel Oddenino, and diving instructor GIANLUCA BENEDETTI — the man some investigators believe fought desperately to guide the group back to safety during their final moments.

At approximately 1:10 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. local time, Turkish Airlines flight TK1895 landed at Malpensa Airport carrying the victims home. What happened next was described by witnesses as almost impossible to process.

No speeches.

No press conference.

No public statement.

Only silence.

Official images released by AP and LaPresse showed the coffins being carefully unloaded from the aircraft onto waiting transport vehicles on the runway. Nearby, forensic vehicles remained motionless beside the plane while rescue workers and airport staff stood silently watching the transfer unfold.

Several Italian newspapers reported that many workers on the tarmac appeared deeply emotional but continued carrying out their duties without speaking. One reporter described the atmosphere as “a funeral without words.”

As the coffins were moved away from the aircraft, witnesses said the entire airport zone had been locked down by authorities. Roads near the runway were blocked, police vehicles surrounded the funeral convoy, and reporters were kept far from the active transfer area.

The bodies were then transported almost immediately to the morgue in Gallarate, where forensic examinations are now underway in an attempt to reconstruct the divers’ final moments inside the fatal cave expedition.

The scenes emerging from Gallarate were equally heartbreaking.

Rows of hearses lined the outside of the forensic center while grieving family members arrived under police supervision to identify the bodies. According to multiple Italian reports, some relatives broke down in tears as the convoy departed Malpensa and headed toward the morgue.

Sources say the most emotional scenes involved the family of Monica Montefalcone and her daughter Giorgia Sommacal, whose deaths together have deeply shaken Italy.

Montefalcone was not only a respected marine scientist, but also a well-known university professor specializing in marine ecology. The deaths of both mother and daughter inside the underwater cave transformed the disaster into a national tragedy far beyond the diving community.

Italian television networks repeatedly aired footage showing forensic vehicles parked directly beside the aircraft while ground crews moved slowly and silently around the coffins. Observers noted that almost nobody spoke during the entire operation.

Even veteran journalists covering the scene described the atmosphere as unusually heavy.

“It was almost total silence,” one Italian reporter said during a live broadcast. “You could only hear the wheels of the stretchers moving across the pavement.”

The tragedy itself continues to raise disturbing questions.

Investigators are now analyzing dive computers, oxygen tank data, and possible camera footage recovered from the Maldives site. Early reports suggest the divers may have become trapped inside a DEAD-END CHAMBER deep within the cave system after underwater visibility suddenly collapsed.

One especially chilling detail continues haunting rescue teams: the four victims were reportedly found lying very close together inside the final chamber.

Experts believe they may have tried to stay together in complete darkness as their oxygen supplies rapidly disappeared.

Meanwhile, the body of diving instructor Gianluca Benedetti was found closer to the cave entrance, fueling speculation that he may have attempted to guide the others back to safety — or made one final desperate effort to escape the deadly underwater maze.

Now, as Italy mourns, the images from Malpensa remain burned into the public’s memory:

The coffins.

The silence.

The waiting families.

And a homecoming that felt less like an airport arrival… and more like a national day of mourning.