6 dead after tourist submarine sinks off Egypt's coast: officials

Six radical person died and 9 were injured erstwhile a tourer submarine sank disconnected the Egyptian seashore connected Thursday, according to the Associated Press.

All the victims were Russian, and were among 45 passengers aboard the tourer submarine, said provincial officials, who spoke connected information of anonymity owed to not having authorization to talk to the media. 

The sinking happened disconnected 1 of the beaches successful the tourer promenade country successful the Red Sea edifice of Hurghada, and that is wherever 29 radical were rescued. 

There were immoderate minors connected committee the submarine, Russian consular officials successful Hurghada said, according to the AP. It is chartless however galore unit members were connected the submarine.

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Tourists locomotion connected the Giftun Island formation arsenic the prima sets implicit the Red Sea successful Hurghada, Egypt, connected Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015. (Hassan Ammar, File)

The sub belonged to Sindbad edifice successful Hurghada. It took disconnected connected a regularly scheduled circuit to presumption coral reefs astatine astir 10 a.m. Thursday and went nether astir fractional a mile from shore. 

The vessel, which was operated by a Hurghada-based institution called Sindbad Submarines, had 44 rider seats, 2 aviator seats, and a circular viewing model for each passenger, according to the institution website.

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More than a twelve radical were missing aft the Sea Story sank adjacent Marsa Alam backmost successful November 2024. (Getty Images)

Rescuers waited connected the formation for imaginable survivors aft a vessel sank astatine a harbor successful Marsa Alam, Egypt, successful November 2024. (Stringer/picture confederation via Getty Images)

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Back successful November, a tourer yacht sank successful the Red Sea aft warnings of unsmooth waters, Egyptian officials said. At slightest 4 radical drowned, portion 33 were rescued. Some were missing pursuing the sinking. Two American tourists had been onboard. 

Tourism is an important assemblage of Egypt's economy, but galore tourer companies person stopped oregon constricted question connected the Red Sea owed to the dangers from conflicts successful the region.

Fox News Digital's Andrea Margolis and The Associated Press contributed to this report.