--- title: "A Submarine Full of Tourists Is Missing" description: "Yet another submarine has gone missing — and this time, it's not headed to visit the wreck of the Titanic in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. A vessel with 45 Russian tourists on board sank off the coast of a tourist resort in Hurghada, Egypt, in the Red Sea. As the BBC reports, at least six of the passengers are feared dead, with nine injured and 29 rescued. According to a Russian official in the area, two of those six passengers were children. The submersible was reportedly organized by underwater tourism company Sindbad Submarines, which has been operating in […]" date: "2025-03-27" modified: "2025-03-27" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/submarine-egypt-tourists-missing" categories: - "Future Society" tags: - "diving" - "Egypt" - "submersibles" - "the digest" - "tourism" --- # A Submarine Full of Tourists Is Missing ![Yet another submarine has gone missing in Egypt. Six passengers have been reported dead.]() *\Image: Sindbad Submarines\* ## Deep Dive Yet another submarine has gone missing — though this time, it wasn't headed to visit the [wreck of the Titanic]() at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. This time, a vessel with 45 Russian tourists on board sank off the coast of a tourist resort in Hurghada, Egypt, in the Red Sea. As the [*BBC* reports](), at least six of the passengers are feared dead, with nine injured and 29 rescued. According to a Russian official in the area, at least five Russians were killed, two of whom [were children](). Two municipal officials [told the *Associated Press*]() that six people had died. The submersible was reportedly organized by underwater tourism company Sindbad Submarines, which has been operating in the area for years. Its vessels can dive to maximum depths of around 82 feet, allowing tourists to "experience the beauty of the Red Sea’s underwater world without getting wet," per the company's [website](), which appears to be down following the tragedy. To put that number into perspective, that's [orders of magnitude shallower]() than the approximately 12,500 feet at which the domed OceanGate submersible [imploded]() in 2023. Plenty of questions remain, and an immediate cause for the disaster has yet to be identified. It's nonetheless a terrifying incident, highlighting the dangers of embarking on these kinds of trips — and, possibly, lax safety measures that could've prevented it. ## Sinking Ships There have been similar incidents in recent months. In November, [44 people on board a tourist yacht sank]() near a different Egyptian resort called Marsa Allam. Eleven people were presumed dead, per the *BBC*. And last month, a different tourist diving boat [capsized]() in rough weather near Hurghada with six people on board. The latest disaster, which happened during light winds and calm waters, has raised concerns over safety standards in Egypt regarding seafaring vessels. The country is facing a "crisis on at the moment, in terms of safety on some of these tourist vessels," Southampton University oceanographer Simon Boxall told the *BBC*. **More on submersibles:** *[The Doomed Sub’s Final Messages Before Imploding Are Pretty Grim]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()