From CNN
JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- Rescue teams were searching Friday for five people who did not return from a diving trip in Indonesia, officials said.
The divers went into the waters off Komodo National Park, between the Indonesian islands of Sumbawa and Flores, on Thursday.
Six snorkelers in their group returned, but the divers did not, according to an official with the Komodo Divers Association.
The missing include one British man and four women -- two from Britain, one from France and one from Sweden.
The remote Komodo National Park is a major draw for divers, billed by holiday firms as a tropical paradise that boasts large areas of unspoilt coral and a huge variety of marine life.
However the area is plagued by strong and unpredictable currents.
Last month two scuba divers -- a British man and an American woman -- were rescued after spending 20 hours in shark-infested waters around Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- Rescue teams were searching Friday for five people who did not return from a diving trip in Indonesia, officials said.
The divers went into the waters off Komodo National Park, between the Indonesian islands of Sumbawa and Flores, on Thursday.
Six snorkelers in their group returned, but the divers did not, according to an official with the Komodo Divers Association.
The missing include one British man and four women -- two from Britain, one from France and one from Sweden.
The remote Komodo National Park is a major draw for divers, billed by holiday firms as a tropical paradise that boasts large areas of unspoilt coral and a huge variety of marine life.
However the area is plagued by strong and unpredictable currents.
Last month two scuba divers -- a British man and an American woman -- were rescued after spending 20 hours in shark-infested waters around Australia's Great Barrier Reef.