Five divers died and another military specialist on a rescue mission perished trying to locate the missing group down the murky Thinwana Kandu 'shark cave' in the Maldives

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.

The toll of the Maldives scuba tragedy increased after the authorities informed that a Maldivian diver who was searching for the bodies of the five Italian tourists killed earlier…

The group of five Italian divers is believed to have died while exploring a cave at a depth of about 50 meters (160 feet) in Vaavu Atoll on Thursday.

Maldives presidential spokesman Mohammed Hussain Shareef said Mohamed Mahudhee died of underwater decompression sickness after searching for the bodies of four Italian divers

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.

International cave divers have arrived in the Maldives to step up the search for the remains of four Italians who died while scuba diving in the island paradise, a day after a…

An international dive safety group sent experts to the Maldives on Sunday to join a multinational recovery effort after five Italians and a rescue diver died in the Indian Ocean…

Expert divers have been sent to the Maldives to retrieve four bodies in a deep-sea cave network, in a search mission that's already killed one military rescue diver.

The attempt to retrieve the five bodies has already claimed another life, underscoring the peril and complexity of the recovery effort.

Five Italian divers are believed to have died while exploring a cave at a depth of about 50 metres in Vaavu Atoll on Thursday, according to Italy’s Foreign Ministry. #EuropeNews

Bodies of all five missing divers now recovered after local diver also died during rescue mission

The diving instructor of the Italians who died in sea caves in the Maldives was discovered in a separate location to the four others who perished underwater.

Five Italians and a rescuer have died in the Maldives as officials launch a probe into the tragedy - two questions remain unanswered as the investigation gets underway

Five divers died and another military specialist on a rescue mission perished trying to locate the missing group down the murky Thinwana Kandu 'shark cave' in the Maldives

'I have visited those caves countless times. There is no current. They swam into that third cave. They chose to go in there,' a former military diver for the Maldives National…

The murky “shark cave” where five Italian divers were tragically killed in the Maldives has been seen in haunting new footage – as fresh theories behind their deaths emerge.

The bodies of two more doomed Italian divers have been recovered from a cave in the Maldives as the dangerous mission to retrieve the remaining pair continues.

Three Finnish divers will today attempt to recover the bodies of two more of the tragic Italians who died deep inside an underwater cave in the Maldives last Thursday

A group of five Italian scuba divers died while exploring a deep underwater cave near Vaavu Atoll. No one knows what happened.