Maldives scuba tragedy: How ‘sand bank illusion’ could have trapped divers - Five Italian divers died while exploring caves in the Maldives, with bodies recovered this week

The five Italian divers who drowned in the Maldives last Thursday may have taken a wrong turn and panicked when in an underwater cave with no clear way out, according to the elite squad sent in to retrieve their bodies.

Five experienced Italian divers who vanished inside an underwater cave system in the Maldives may have become trapped after taking a wrong turn deep below the surface, investigato

THE first autopsy for one of the tragic Maldives divers has begun – as one theory about wetsuits being behind the mysterious disaster emerges. Five Italian tourists were killed while

Five divers died while exploring an underwater cave in the Maldives.

THE mysterious Maldives tragedy could be explained by a “sand wall illusion” theory, the Finnish divers who recovered the bodies believe. Five Italian tourists were killed while