The Egyptian city of Hurgada is dismay after the Sinking of a tourist submarine in the Red Sea Which caused this Thursday the death of six Russian tourists and four seriously injured. The first testimonies of the survivors claim that the water I would have inserted “for the doors” of this boat.
Speaking on the phone to the Russian television channel Ren TV, one of the surviving women of the tragedy revealed that “water He started entering Raudales with two open cuts“Once their reserved seats are occupied in the submarine. To access this, a ship has transferred the occupants from the shore to a floating platform.
This woman exposed to the Russian media that at the time of the accident felt that the submarine had “detached from where it had been grasped”. Also claims that some of the passengers They could go to “swim”Like her or her daughter and mother, who are hospitalized, and others do not.
The sinking of the boat, which was leading a tourist excursion organized by the hotel SindbadHe took this Thursday “Around 10 in the morning (9.00 Spanish peninsular time), one kilometer from the shore”, says the declaration of the Russian embassy Cairo. For its part, the governor of the Red Sea, Amr Hanafy, informs the BBC They were Life saved 39 of the 45 passengers14 of which were hospitalized.
This is the reason why Hanafy came to the hospital where the affected people are, from “Russia, India, Norway, Sweden and Egypt”, to visit them and express their support. On the other hand, the first data on the victims reveal it Two of the deceasedA wedding of doctors came from the Russian city of Urussu, whose daughters would have been hospitalized.
Although the reasons for the sinking are still unknown, some reports of the Association of Russian tour operators suggest that the submarine I would have clashed with a coral reef of about 20 meters. The VSK insurer, who covered tourists, has announced what will be responsible for health costs and the repatriation of travelers.
