A submarine carrying Russian tourists sank off Egypt’s Red Sea coast on Thursday, leaving at least six people dead and rescue workers scrambling to pull people out of the water, local officials said.

Egyptian officials say a submarine tourist vessel with 45 passengers and 5 crew sank off the country's popular Red Sea coast, killing at least six people.

Six people have died and 39 others were rescued after a viewing submarine sank off the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Hurghada.

The governor of the Egyptian Red Sea region visited a hospital treating survivors of a tourist submarine that sank on Thursday. Six people died and several were injured after the vessel sunk off the resort town of Hurghada.

The Red Sea Governorate said the submarine had 50 people on board, 45 tourists and five crew, Reuters reported. The tourists were of nationalities including Russia, India, Norway and Sweden, Reuters said.

At least six people, including two children, are dead after a tourist submarine sank in the Red Sea off Egypt's coast.

The crew of a recreational submarine that sank off the Egyptian Red Sea coast killing six Russian tourists and injuring nine other passengers have been questioned by authorities in Egypt amid an ongoing investigation.

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

At least six people died after a tourist submarine crashed in the Red Sea, less than a mile off the coast of Egypt, authorities confirmed March 27.