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UPDATED May 23, 2026 at 4:04 PM ET

May 14, 2026 at 6:05 PM ET

Divers find Italians dead in dead-end corridor in Maldives cave

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Finnish divers found five Italians dead in a dead-end corridor inside a submerged Maldives cave complex.

WHO: Laura Marroni, DAN Europe

WHAT: DAN Europe divers found five Italians dead in a corridor with a dead end inside an underwater cave complex.

WHEN: May 21, 2026 at 8:16 AM ET

WHERE: Maldives

WHY: The Italians may have taken the wrong tunnel on their way out, leaving no way out from the dead-end corridor.

How this story developed (showing 13 of 13 earlier reports)

Four Italian divers’ bodies repatriated from Maldives · May 23, 2026 at 4:04 PM ET
Finnish divers recover final two Italian bodies in Maldives · May 20, 2026 at 8:03 AM ET
Maldives diver dies during search for missing Italian divers · May 18, 2026 at 8:05 AM ET
Divers join mission to recover Italian tourists’ remains · May 17, 2026 at 12:05 PM ET
Maldives suspends search for four Italians in cave · May 17, 2026 at 4:07 AM ET
Rescue diver dies during Maldives cave search · May 16, 2026 at 10:05 PM ET
Maldives diver dies searching for four Italians · May 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM ET
Maldivian diver dies searching for 4 Italian divers · May 16, 2026 at 10:00 AM ET
GoPro to reveal how tourists died in Maldives dive · May 16, 2026 at 1:07 AM ET
Five tourists die in scuba diving accident in Maldives · May 15, 2026 at 6:07 PM ET
Five Italian divers die in Maldives cave diving accident · May 15, 2026 at 11:00 AM ET
Five Italians die in cave scuba dive in Maldives · May 15, 2026 at 4:05 AM ET
Five Italians die during cave dive in Maldives · May 14, 2026 at 6:05 PM ET

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