Six dead as tourist submarine crashes off the coast of Egypt

At least four have died after a tourist submarine crashed in the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt early Thursday, according to the Russian embassy in Cairo.

At least six people have died after a tourist submarine crashed in the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt early Thursday.

The Egyptian governorate office said in a statement that all of those killed when the submarine sank were foreign nationals, according to Reuters.

While the governorate did not confirm the submarine’s details, five Russians were among those killed aboard the Sindbad submersible when it crashed in the Red Sea less than a mile off the coast of the Egyptian city of Hurghada, according to an Egyptian ambulance source who spoke to RIA news agency.

Russia's embassy in Cairo told NBC News in a statement earlier Thursday that four of those killed aboard the Sindbad were Russians.

They were among 45 tourists aboard the vessel, which has the same name as the hotel that owns it, said the Russian statement, which did not provide further details on the crash or what the Sindbad crashed into.

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