Tourist Submarine Sinks Off Coast of Egypt Killing 6 Passengers _ E! News

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00:00A tragedy has occurred off the coast of Egypt.

00:03The Egyptian government office confirms to NBC News that at least six people died March

00:0727th after a Sinbad submarine submersible crashed in the Red Sea, less than a mile off

00:13the coast of Hurghada.

00:14Per Reuters, authorities confirmed that all reported casualties in the crash were foreign

00:19nationals, with Russia's embassy in Cairo telling NBC News that four of the people killed

00:24were Russians.

00:25Exactly how the crash occurred has not yet been determined, but the incident happened

00:29around 10 a.m. local time.

00:31Forty-five tourists total, including minors, were aboard the submarine, per the statement.

00:36The statement added, most of those on board were rescued and taken to their hotels and

00:40hospitals in Hurghada.

00:41Their health condition is not a concern.

00:43However, municipal officials told the Associated Press that at least nine people had been injured.

00:48According to its website, Sinbad Submarines is a popular tourism agency based in Egypt

00:54and offers recreational tours 25 meters below the sea surface for $70 per person.

01:00The brand owns two of just 14 recreational submersibles in the world and offers a diving

01:05experience following the trip.

01:07The crash comes just months after a tourist yacht sank around the same area of the Red

01:11Sea due to rough waters.

01:13Four people drowned in the incident, but 33 were rescued.

01:17And in 2023, OceanGate, another company that owns submersibles for tourism and research,

01:22had a devastating headline-making implosion amid an expedition to the Titanic crash site.

01:27The 22-foot submersible, named the Titan, carried five men, including OceanGate founder

01:32Stockton Rush, before its deadly demise.