Here’s how sole survivor of ill-fated Maldives scuba dive that killed 5 narrowly escaped death

A lone survivor in a group of Italian tourists killed while scuba diving escaped death in the Maldives Thursday — because she stayed behind on a yacht while her friends took the plunge.

A sixth diver, a student at University of Genoa, never entered the water as the rest of the group dove 160-feet into a cave in Vaavu Atoll Thursday, according to the Italian media outlet  liberoquotidiano.it.

It wasn’t immediately clear why she stayed behind on the yacht, named Duke of York, while the rest of her group explored the underwater cave near the island of Alimatha.

The student, who was not identified, had been geared up to dive when she changed her mind and stayed on board, the outlet reported