Tourist Submarine Sinks Off Egypt
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The vessel bore markings identifying it as part of Sindbad Submarines, a tourism company that has operated in the region for over two decades.
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At least six people are feared dead, with nine others injured, after a tourist submarine sank off the coast of the Egyptian Red Sea city of Hurghada early on Thursday, local sources tell the BBC.
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