A routine tourist trip turned tragic when the Sinbad submarine sank off Hurghada's coast. The incident resulted in six deaths and nine injuries. Investigations are underway to determine the cause, amid concerns over the vessel's previous safety issues.

People walk next to an Egyptian police vehicle in front of the hospital where the bodies of foreigners who were killed when a tourist submarine sank off Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Hurghada, and whose whose nationalities are still unknown, are kept in Hurghada, Egypt, March 27, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer

The Red Sea Governorate said the submarine had 50 people on board, 45 tourists and five crew, Reuters reported. The tourists were of nationalities including Russia, India, Norway and Sweden, Reuters said.