At least six feared dead after Red Sea tourist submarine sinks
Nine injured following incident off coast of Hurghada in Egypt
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At least six people are feared to have died after a tourist submarine sank in the Red Sea off the coast of Hurghada, the BBC has reported.
Nine others are injured, including four in critical condition, with the total number of tourist passengers on board believed to have been about 40 when the vessel went down this morning.
Twenty-nine have been rescued, according to the BBC. The submarine, said to be called Sindbad, is understood to have sunk close to the harbour.
The Russian embassy in Egypt reports that all tourists on board were Russian.
A safety warning was recently issued by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) after a series of deadly accidents involving liveaboard dive vessels in the Red Sea.
The MAIB report, published last month, said there had been a total of 16 accidents in the last five years, with UK nationals among those who had died.
Photo: Hurghada. (Credit: Serhii Yushkov/Shutterstock)
