ROME —Five Italian nationals have died following a scuba diving accident in the Maldives, Italy’s foreign ministry said on Thursday. The incident occurred...

MALE: Five Italians have died in a scuba diving accident in the Maldives, Italy’s foreign ministry said on Thursday, with security forces in the Indian Ocean archipelago…

The incident occurs in the Vaavu Atoll, where the group was attempting to explore a series of underwater caves

The victims included a marine biology professor, her daughter and two young researchers.

Five Italian tourists, including a mother an daughter, have died in a scuba diving accident while exploring caves in the Maldives.

Five Italians have died in a scuba diving accident in the Maldives, Italy's foreign ministry said on Thursday, with security forces in the Indian Ocean archipelago recovering one…

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An Italian expert has joined police divers and rescue vessels in the Maldives for searches after the death of five Italian divers in a scuba accident.

Rome prosecutors have opened an investigation after five Italians died while scuba-diving in the Maldives on Thursday, sources said on Friday. (ANSA)

A major coast guard operation to recover 5 Italians killed while exploring undersea caves in the Maldives was being hampered by bad weather.

The University of Genoa said the victims included a marine biology professor, her daughter and two young researchers.

The group was exploring a series of underwater caves at a depth of around 50 metres in Vaavu Atoll in the Maldives.

Italy’s Foreign Ministry said the five divers “apparently died while attempting to explore caves at a depth of 50 meters (164 feet)” in the Vaavu Atoll on Thursday.

ROME —Five Italian nationals have died following a scuba diving accident in the Maldives, Italy’s foreign ministry said on Thursday. The incident occurred...

Rescue teams in the Maldives continued recovery operations after the country’s deadliest diving accident killed five Italian divers.

The divers went missing Thursday while exploring a cave in Vaavu Atoll, nearly 200 feet below the surface, according to the Maldives National Defense Force.

The divers became trapped in a sea cave at a depth of about 50 metres. A high-risk search for the bodies was suspended because of rough seas.

Body of fifth diver recovered on Thursday, search of third cave chamber expected on Saturday

A rescue diver in the Maldives searching for the bodies of four Italians, who drowned in the deadliest diving disaster in the Indian Ocean tourist destination, has also died,…

A diver has died in an operation to recover the bodies of five Italians who drowned while exploring a deep underwater cave in the Maldives.

Several fatalities have been reported in recent years but diving and water sports-related accidents are still relatively rare.