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At least six people are believed to be dead and another nine injured — six critically — after a tourist submarine sank off of Egypt’s Red Sea coast Thursday. Twenty-nine of the roughly 40 passengers onboard were rescued, with those injured taken to local hospitals according to the BBC. The submarine, “The Sinbad,” foundered close to the harbor in the city of Hurghada, a popular tourist destination on the Red Sea known for its beaches. The vessel can descend 82 feet deep in the sea and offers stunning views of the coral reefs and marine life, according to the website...

It's still not known what caused the Sindbad submarine to sink. One report, from the Association of Tour Operators of Russia, suggested the vessel may have hit a reef at a depth of around 20 metres. A woman now tells Russian outlet Ren TV, in a phone interview, that water flowed into hatches as passengers boarded the submarine. Ekaterina says as they took their reserved seats, water started "pouring in" as two hatches were open. She says it was as if the submarine had fallen off "whatever it was holding on to". Earlier, we learned that tourists are taken out...

The sudden loss of Liz Boardman, a cherished mother, has left her family grappling with heartache and uncertainty. Her vibrant spirit is remembered by all who knew her.A heartbroken family has been left searching for answers after an 'amazing' mum of four died suddenly while on holiday in Egypt. Liz Boardman, 40, was vacationing in the beautiful Red Sea coast city of Hurghada when she passed away on November 10. She had jetted off for the week-long trip to the five-star Sunrise Garden Beach Resort with her partner, Alan, and three youngest sons - aged seven, ten and 14 -...

Egypt 'starts work on mummifying shark that devoured Russian tourist so it can be displayed in a MUSEUM after removing victim's head, chest and arms from the predator's stomach' Vladimir Popov, 23, was mauled to death by a tiger shark at Egyptian resort It comes after a 68-year-old was killed by shark at a nearby resort last year Egypt has started work on mummifying the shark that devoured a Russian tourist so that it can be displayed that it can be displayed at a museum, according to a report. The body parts of Vladimir Popov, 23, who was eaten alive...

A shark that mauled a foreign national to death in Egypt last week will end up as a museum exhibit, a top Egyptian oceanography researcher told the local Cairo24 news media outlet on Sunday. Scientists will mummify the predator and place it in the Marine Biology Museum in the Egyptian city of Hurghada once they finish their research on the creature, professor Amr Zakaria Hamouda, the head of the National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries said.

Fri Jan 8, 2016 3:29pm EST Foreign tourists wounded in attack at Egyptian Red Sea resort CAIRO, | By Ahmed Mohamed Hassan Two assailants armed with a gun, a knife and a suicide belt attacked a hotel in the Egyptian Red Sea resort town of Hurghada on Friday, wounding two foreign tourists, security sources said. One of the injured was from Denmark and the other from Germany, the sources said. . They said the attackers had arrived by sea to launch the onslaught on the beachside Bella Vista Hotel, but that security forces had repelled the assault, killing the attacker...

ISLAMISTS WITH SUICIDE BELTS Open Fire on Tourist Hotel in Hurghada, Egypt

All the names have been changed. This is MY VIEW - MY EXPERIENCE - MY OPINION. I write to friends and family back home on a monthly basis. After seeing someone else post their trip experience out here, I thought this might be of interest to someone who was curious about a trip to Egypt. Hurghada and Luxor Egypt March 2005 First, I must say that as I'm sitting down to write this, I decided for the first time in my writing to change names and hide some details (but you'll be reading a lot of details anyway because these...