The submarine was carrying 45 foreign tourists and five Egyptian crewmembers when it sank, Red Sea governor Maj. Gen. Amr Hanafi, said in a statement, adding that rescue teams were quickly sent.

Thursday's tragic submarine sinking in the Red Sea has so far left six people dead and nine more injured, after the tourist vessel failed off the coast of the Egyptian city of Hurghada.

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A recreational submarine taking 45 tourists on an underwater cruise of coral reefs in the Red Sea sank off the Egyptian resort town of Hurghada on Thursday, leaving six Russians dead, the ...