At least six Russian tourists, two of them children, died when an Egyptian commercial submarine carrying 50 people sank in the Red Sea near the resort city of Hurghada. The Red Sea Governorate said the submarine had 50 people on board, 45 tourists and five crew, Reuters reported.

One terrified passenger from the Sindbad submarine shared their horror after panic quickly set in when the Sindbad submarine began sinking

At least six people were killed and dozens were injured Thursday after a "recreational" tourist submarine sank in the Red Sea off the sprawling Egyptian beach resort of Hurghada, 280 miles southeast of Cairo.