Coast Guard divers arrive in Bahamas to search for missing American Lynette Hooker

U.S. Coast Guard divers have arrived in the Bahamas as the agency resumes its search for missing American woman Lynette Hooker, who disappeared in April after her husband said she fell from a boat, an official said Tuesday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The Coast … Read more

U.S. Coast Guard can send divers to Bahamas to search for missing American woman Lynette Hooker, source says

The U.S. Coast Guard has been granted permission by the Bahamian government to send divers to canvass previously unsearched areas in the search for missing Michigan woman Lynette Hooker, a source briefed on the investigation confirmed to CBS News Thursday. The permission was granted to the U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Service, the source disclosed. Hooker, … Read more

Bodies of divers who died in Maldives scuba accident returned to Italy

The remains of four Italian divers who died deep inside an underwater cave earlier this month while diving in the Maldives were repatriated early Saturday, a Maldivian government spokesperson said. Five Italian divers went missing on May 14 while exploring the cave about 160 feet underwater in Vaavu Atoll. The body of their Italian diving … Read more

Divers killed in Maldives cave may have taken wrong tunnel, recovery firm CEO says:

Five Italians killed in a Maldives diving incident may have taken the wrong tunnel on their way out of an underwater cave, the head of the company that recovered their bodies said Thursday. Finnish divers working for DAN Europe found the Italians in a corridor with a dead end inside the cave complex, which sits … Read more

Divers find bodies of 4 Italians in Maldives sea cave

Rome — Italy’s Foreign Ministry said Monday rescuers have located the bodies of four Italian divers who were believed to be deep inside an underwater cave in a Maldive atoll. Searches had resumed on Monday after being suspended following the death of a local military diver during a perilous mission to try to reach them. … Read more

Finnish divers join the search for remains of 4 Italian divers in the Maldives

Three Finnish divers arrived in the Maldives Sunday to draw up a fresh plan in the search for the bodies of four Italian divers believed to be deep inside an underwater cave. The initial search was suspended after a local military diver died during a perilous mission to try to reach them. The group of … Read more

Divers find wreck of iconic U.S. ship torpedoed in WWI, killing 131 on board:

An iconic United States military ship that was sunk by a German submarine in World War I has been discovered by a diving team off the coast of Britain over a century after it was lost, officials revealed Wednesday. The sinking of the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa in 1918 in the Bristol Channel killed 131 … Read more