The accident happened off the coast of Hurghada - the Russian embassy in Egypt says all the tourists on board were Russian.

Questions are now being asked about what caused the vessel to sink - and the security measured around such tours.

A vessel carrying 45 Russian tourists sank off the coast of Egypt on Thursday. The cause of the sinking remains under ...

A tourist submarine believed to be carrying at least 45 Russians sank off the coast of Egypt, killing at least six people, according to the Russian Embassy in Egypt and state media. The tourists were ...

Six Russian tourists have died after a tourist submarine sank in the Red Sea near the Egyptian city of Hurghada. Thirty-nine ...

Egypt’s Red Sea governorate confirmed that six Russians died and that 39 foreign tourists were rescued after the submarine ...

The deadly accident is the latest in the Red Sea involving tourist vessels.

The submarine was owned by the Sindbad resort in Hurghada, according to the embassy. Recreational submarines are popular among tour operators along the strip of vacation towns and resorts for ...

It said the submarine, Sindbad, operated by a local hotel ... killing 11. The Egyptian tourism ministry and local authorities ...

Six Russians died on Thursday and 39 foreign tourists were rescued when a viewing submarine sank off the Egyptian Red Sea ...

The submarine, named Sindbad, was carrying about 44 passengers of different nationalities during a sea trip to inspect the coral reefs underwater in the Red Sea.

It is unknown how many crew members were on the submarine. The sub belonged to Sindbad hotel in Hurghada. It took off on a regularly scheduled tour to view coral reefs at around 10 a.m. Thursday ...