A recreational submarine taking 45 tourists on an underwater cruise of coral reefs in the Red Sea sank off the Egyptian resort town of Hurghada on Thursday, leaving six Russians dead, the provincial governor said.

Egyptian officials say a submarine tourist vessel with 45 passengers and 5 crew sank off the country's popular Red Sea coast, killing at least six people.

At least six people were killed and nine others injured Thursday when an Egyptian tourist submarine sank off the coast of the Red Sea resort town of Hurghada, local media reported.

Egyptian authorities have questioned the crew of a tourist submarine which sank in the Red Sea killing six of the 45 passengers on board.The 39 other passengers, and five crew were rescued on Thursday after the Sindbad vessel foundered at about 10:00 local time (08:00 GMT),

Investigations continue after at least six Russian nationals die, dozens wounded, following sinking of a tourist vessel.

Six people are dead, including two children, after a tourist submarine sank in the Egyptian Red Sea. The vessel, called Sindbad, was taking tourists to explore coral reefs off the coastal city of Hurghada before it crashed and sank 1km offshore on Thursday. Of the 45 passengers on board, 39 were rescued with one unaccounted for.

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.

The underwater vessel was carrying 45 passengers on a trip to a local coral reef, Russian embassy officials said.

At least six tourists were killed Thursday when a submarine sank off Egypt’s Red Sea coast, according to Egyptian officials. At least five Russian tourists died, according to Russian officials in Egypt.