What began as a daring scuba adventure in the Maldives ended in horror this week after five Italian tourists never resurfaced from a deep-water cave expedition. Officials are scrambling to determine what went wrong during the 160-foot dive,

Five Italians have died in a scuba diving accident in the Maldives, the foreign ministry in Rome has said. "The divers are believed to have died while attempting to explore caves at a depth of 50 metres (164ft)," the ministry said, adding that this happened in Vaavu Atoll.

Five Italian nationals died after entering a deep underwater cave system near Alimathaa Island in the Maldives.

Oxygen toxicity and sheer panic are among the potential factors that could have led to the deaths of five Italian tourists who vanished on a daring scuba dive in the Maldives, experts say. Pulmonologist Claudio Micheletto told the Italian outlet Adnkronos Thursday that “it’s likely that something went wrong with the tanks,

One body has been recovered during search operations since the tragic incident on Thursday, May 14