Sub sinks

[Capt Jim Wyatt]

At least 6 dead after tourist submarine carrying about 40 passengers sinks off Egypt’s Red Sea coast

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.

tinyurl.com

Yellow or white?

Voyager subs were also built in Finland.

 

[Scared Silly]

Some live updates via the BBC

 

[Dan]

“According to Russian media, the death toll may be as high as nine with unconfirmed reports claiming that the vessel collided with a reef and 'depressurised' at 65ft which caused it to sink.”

Tourist sub sinks off Egypt coast with at least six confirmed dead

A further nine have been injured, four critically, in the disaster which happened around a kilometre off the holiday resort of Hurghada this morning.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Eric802]

Sinking liveaboards has become rather cliche, so now they're sinking submarines.

 

[Scared Silly]

Sinking liveaboards has become rather cliche, so now they're sinking submarines.

Submarines are designed to sink ... they are also designed to float. It is the latter that is most important.

At this point best to just snorkel while in Egypt.

 

[OMyMyOHellYes]

Not a dive boat, but a sub goes under...

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/six-foreigners-killed-sinking-tourist-submarine-off-egypts-red-sea-resort-city-2025-03-27/

 

[Eric802]

Vessel - At least six feared dead as tourist submarine sinks in Egypt's Red Sea

 

[Jonn]

Sinking is usually bad news in marine transportation. Isn’t this particular vessel built to handle it though?

 

[OMyMyOHellYes]

Sinking is usually bad news in marine transportation. Isn’t this particular vessel built to handle it though?

Should also have been capable of surfacing after sinking.

Beginning to wonder if the RS is cursed with some sort of energy vortex ... Wonder which Pharaoh is disturbed ...

 

[TostitoBandito]

At this point best to just snorkel while in Egypt.

Yuuuuup. What a clown show anything in the water is in Egypt right now.

All the operators have to cut every cost they can because nobody wants to go to Egypt and they have to set unrealistically low prices, the government entities that are supposed to be regulating this stuff are probably very corrupt and not actually doing their job, and then more accidents happen which drive the prices even lower. Fun little circle of life they have there.