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

Finnish divers found the Italians in a corridor with a dead end inside the cave complex, Italy's la Repubblica daily reported.

Finnish rescue divers have shared a new theory that may explain how the five Italian divers lost their lives during a deep-water expedition in the Maldives last week. The accident, believed to be the ...

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.

Monica Montefalcone, an associate professor of ecology at the University of Genoa, was among five people who died in a diving accident in the Maldives earlier this week ...

The tragedy began on Thursday when five Italian divers disappeared while attempting to explore caves at a depth of around 50 metres in Vaavu Atoll.

THOUSANDS of mourners have attended the funeral of two Italian tourists who died during a cave dive in the Maldives. Monica Montefalcone, 51, and her daughter Giorgia Sommacal, 22, were among five ...

The remaining four bodies of divers who went missing after a scuba cave-diving accident in the Maldives have been found, authorities have confirmed. Five divers went missing in the incident on ...

Five Italian divers who drowned inside a notorious underwater cave in the Maldives were not equipped with proper cave-diving gear — and were believed to be just 15 minutes away from reaching the ...

The group had been diving in ⁠caves in the Vaavu Atoll at a depth ⁠of around 50m (165ft). They were reported missing by the crew of a vessel they were travelling on when they failed to resurface.

Scuba diving offers adventure, breathtaking marine life and the thrill of exploring another world - but when dives go wrong, the consequences can be catastrophic. Here are five most tragic diving acci ...

Five Italians died in the Maldives during a scuba diving accident in a deep underwater cave. Authorities conducted a high-risk search on Friday for the bodies of four divers, while the fifth diver’s ...