Maldivian authorities say they are probing whether the group descended far deeper than expected

It's believed to be the deadliest diving disaster to have taken place in the Indian Ocean tourist destination.

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

Rescuers have located the bodies of four divers believed to be deep inside an underwater cave in a Maldive atoll. The body of a fifth diver was recovered last week.

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

The bodies of four Italian scuba divers, missing since last week, have been located in an underwater cave in the Maldives.

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

The group went missing five days earlier while exploring an underwater cave system.

Search operations resumed on Monday after being suspended following the death of a local military diver. | World News

The bodies of four Italians who drowned in the Maldives' worst diving disaster were found in an underwater cave on Monday, Maldivian and Italian officials said, after an…

The four missing Italians were found in the deepest part of the sea cave, and rescuers plan to recover their bodies in the coming days.

MALE, Maldives: Finnish divers on Tuesday recovered the bodies of two of the four remaining Italians who died deep inside an underwater cave in an atoll in the Maldives, an…

Maldives government spokesman Ahmed Shaam had earlier said that the three Finnish divers would retrieve the bodies, which were lying at a depth of around 60 metres. #EuropeNews

The bodies of two of the four remaining Italians who died in an underwater cave in the Maldives were recovered by divers on Tuesday, an official said, as efforts continue to…

Finnish divers recovered the bodies after they were located deep inside an underwater cave in the Maldives.

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MALE: An internationally backed recovery operation on Tuesday (May 19) brought to the surface the bodies of two Italian divers who drowned in the Maldives' worst diving disaster,…

Expert divers on Tuesday recovered the bodies of two of the five Italians who died while scuba diving in a cave at a depth of around 60 metres in the Maldives last week. (ANSA)

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.

MALE: Finnish divers on Tuesday recovered the bodies of two of the four remaining Italians who died deep inside an underwater cave in an atoll in the Maldives, an official said.

The bodies were found at a depth that was twice the legal depth for recreational diving in the island nation. Two bodies have yet to be recovered.