At least six people have died and nine others were injured, including six reported to be in critical condition, after a tourist submarine sunk off of Egypt's Red Sea coast on Thursday (March 27), the BBC reports.
The boat, which was called Sindbad, was reported to carry around 40 passengers, all believed to be Russian, according to Moscow's embassy in Egypt. Twenty-nine people were reported to be rescued after the tourist submarine sunk off the coast of Hurghada, a popular tourist city known for its beaches and coral reefs.
Sindbad was reported to have been in operation for several years, with the company claiming to hold two of the only "14 recreational submarines" in the world. The company's website claims the vessels offer "44 passenger seats - two pilots' seats and a sizable round viewing window for each passenger."
Thursday's incident is the second to take place in the Red Sea in about six months. A boat named Sea Story carrying more than 40 people was also reported to have sank near the Egyptian resort of Marsa Allam in November.
Eleven passengers were reported to be unaccounted for or presumed dead in the Sea Story incident. A cause of the Sindbad incident had not yet been determined as of Thursday morning.