This morning, in the Red Sea off the coast of the Egyptian city of El Gardk, the Sinbed tourist submarine sank. According to the Egyptian media, six bodies of dead tourists who were taken to hospitals were extracted from the water.
According to sources, nine victims were saved and urgently hospitalized. Four of them are in serious condition. The causes of the crash of the submarine are not yet clear. The submarine sank off the coast in the area of the famous resort, known for its coral reefs. On board the submarine were 44 passengers with different nationalities.
Local authorities were immediately notified of the incident, and rescue and medical services left for the place. It is known that the submarine sank not far from Marina one of the popular hotels in the city.
29 other passengers were saved in a relatively stable state.
Recall that on March 19, 6 people died in the Mediterranean Sea. The inflatable boat, on board which was 56 people, left the Sfax Tunisian port, after which it got into trouble. After several hours of swimming, the boat began to blow out and type water.
The Italian coast guard published a press application: “The migrants were on board an inflatable boat, which, when we arrived, was in an unstable state and barely kept afloat.” The survivors told the Italian police that because of the raging waves and drowning ship, people fell into the sea one after another. “We could not save them,” the survivors recalled.
It is assumed that about 56 migrants were on board the vessel who left the Tunisian port of the SFAX, about 40 are considered missing. UNICEF, UN Affairs for Children, believes that there are children among the missing. This was the second incident in one week, in which several migrants died or went missing. According to the survivors, the migrants who were on board were a native of Cameroon, cat-d’Ivoir, Mali and Guinea (Konakri).
Earlier, the cursor wrote that the former intelligence adviser called the unpopular reason for the tragedy on October 7.
