CHILLING footage of the Maldives divers’ final moments could finally reveal how the tragedy unfolded as rescue workers recover their bodycams. All five bodies of the Italian tourists who were killed during a dangerous cave dive in the Maldives last week have now been recovered. The expedition team may have been sucked into the complex cave where they ran out of oxygen trying to escape, a new theory suggests. Read more: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/39160873/maldives-divers-bodies-recovered-chilling-theory-emerges/ The Sun brings you breaking news and in-depth analysis on the stories that matter most. From the ongoing war in Ukraine to conflicts in the Middle East and US and UK politics, we post updates as they happen. Expect the latest on major global events, pressing political debates, celebrity updates and exclusive royal family content, along with in-depth investigations and expert commentary. Get comprehensive coverage of Donald Trump's Presidency, Vladimir Putin's actions, and the unfolding drama of the British Royal Family. Subscribe now for daily updates and exclusive content from The Sun. https://www.youtube.com/c/thesun?sub_confirmation=1 👑 For the latest Royal news, subscribe to The Sun's Royal Exclusive YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@RoyalExclusiveTheSun Read The Sun: https://bit.ly/3Tay1OY Like The Sun on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesun/ Follow The Sun on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thesun Subscribe to The Sun on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/discover/The_Sun/1633225139 #maldives #SharkCave #diving
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The idea that the divers were sucked in does not make any sense to me. The cave is a dead end and full of water. How is more water going to flow into it?
60 metres on a single compressed air tank was bad enough but to enter a cave. Its like the Oceangate of diving.
I am beyond thankful that I don't have that thing inside some people, whatever that may be, that spurs them on to discover and explore and go places no other people have gone before.
This is unfortunate but these people knew they are engaged in a dangerous sport. They lost their lives doing what they loved most. May they rest in peace.🙏🙏🙏
God bless the men for bringing them all home. So, so sad😢 May God give the families strength as they move forward with their lives. Ripto all of the divers .😢
This is why I only go cave diving 300 years after hell freezes over.
I mean honestly you can see just from the surface how strong those currents are smh.
What a bad way to go, rip.
Prayers for and heartfelt condolences to the victims' families. It's important to remember the victims, but just as important to remember the one rescue diver who died trying to recover them. Hats off to the expert diver team who risks their lives to bring the trapped divers home. I cannot the horror they must have experienced knowing they were going to suffocate to death as soon as their air tanks emptied and one of them knew they were the last one.
The best thing about cave diving is you don't have to do it.
Man cannot conquer the oceans, thats why man tries to explore space
You can never underestimate the power of mother nature , R.I.P.
Manslaughter....how? They killed themselves? Are they going to exhume the corpses for trial?
Why manslaughter charges - and against whom - when these divers went of their own volition, diving deeper than regulations allowed?
Diving is a very high risk sport....
I don't want to think or even imagine the deaths that these young Italian boys suffered, absolutely distressing
Everybody in the comment section suddenly became cave diving experts.
It’s nonsense to claim they were mysteriously “sucked inside.” They drowned in the cave after ignoring fundamental diving procedures and safety protocols. I am a TDI Divemaster and TDI Extended Range tech diver. Diving to 50–60 m with a single 12 L tank on air is already extremely reckless even in open water, let alone inside a cave. At those depths, severe nitrogen narcosis is inevitable. After only around 10 minutes of bottom time, they would already have faced roughly 40 minutes of decompression obligations during ascent. Most likely, they would not even have had enough gas remaining to complete those decompression stops safely, putting them at serious risk of decompression sickness even if they had exited the cave. To then enter an unfamiliar overhead cave environment without a permanent guideline — where disturbed silt can instantly reduce visibility to near zero — was nothing short of suicidal.
What a tragic event my heart goes out to their families
They ran out of air, not oxygen. The really bizarre part is that they dove to 180 feet on air with a single tank and then entered the cave and then proceeded deeper into the cave. WTF were they thinking? If you're a scuba diver you know how incredibly stupid this is because at that depth your air will only last about 10 minutes at most if even that.