{"id":3744,"date":"2025-03-27T22:30:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T18:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/?p=217592"},"modified":"2025-07-02T13:32:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:32:53","slug":"hurghada-submarine-sinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/hurghada-submarine-sinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourist Submarine Sinks Near Hurghada, Six Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Six people died and 39 were rescued after a tourist submarine sank near Hurghada, Egypt.<\/li>\n<li>Most passengers were Russian vacationers, including seven children.<\/li>\n<li>The submarine was on a coral reef excursion when it crashed 1 km from shore.<\/li>\n<li>The vessel was operated by Sindbad Submarines, which claims years of experience.<\/li>\n<li>The cause of the sinking remains under investigation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Tourist Submarine Sinks Near Hurghada<\/h2>\n<p>Six people were killed and dozens more were rescued from Red Sea waters on Thursday after a tourist submarine sank near the Egyptian resort city of Hurghada, according to the Russian embassy and Egyptian state-run media. The tragedy, which struck off Egypt\u2019s typically idyllic eastern coastline, sparked a frantic rescue effort and left 21 people in hospital \u2013 including seven children, aged between two and 15 \u2013 according to Russian state-run outlet RIA Novosti.<\/p>\n<h2>Passengers and Rescue Efforts<\/h2>\n<p>Most of those on board were Russian vacationers, according to RIA and the Russian embassy in Egypt. A total of 39 people were rescued, Reuters reported citing Egyptian authorities. Those killed were foreign nationals, the agency said. The incident occurred at 10:00 a.m. local time Thursday, when the submarine \u201ccrashed at a distance of 1 km from the shore,\u201d the embassy said. The vessel was on a regular underwater excursion to inspect the coral reef, the embassy added.<\/p>\n<h2>About the Submarine<\/h2>\n<p>Hurghada is a popular beach town on Egypt\u2019s Red Sea coast, and the company that runs the submarine tours claims to be well-established in exploring the region\u2019s dramatic seabed. The operator of the submarine has an \u201cexpert team\u201d with \u201cyears of experience,\u201d according to its website, adding that its submarines were \u201cengineered in Finland to sustain underwater pressure up to 75m, ensuring safety and reliability.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Previous Incidents<\/h2>\n<p>In November, at least 16 people went missing after a tourist yacht sank in the Red Sea following warnings about rough seas. At the time, it was not immediately clear what caused the four-deck, wooden-hulled motor yacht to sink. Egypt\u2019s tourism economy is among its key sources of revenue.<\/p>\n<h2>Ongoing Investigation<\/h2>\n<p>The cause of the submarine&#8217;s sinking is not yet known. Rescuers waited on the beach for possible survivors after the incident. The Egyptian tourism ministry and local authorities in Hurghada have not yet responded to requests for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tourist submarine sank off Egypt\u2019s Red Sea coast near Hurghada, killing six and injuring dozens. Most passengers were Russian vacationers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3753,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow5Nm1DA:productID":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11059],"tags":[9504,9502,8914,9505,9503],"class_list":["post-3744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social","tag-egypt-tourism","tag-hurghada","tag-red-sea","tag-russian-tourists","tag-submarine-sinking"],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Sindbad-Submarines.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}