A tourist boat carrying 45 Russian tourists encountered a fatal incident near Hurghada, Egypt.
Six deaths have been confirmed, while 39 tourists were rescued.
CGTN’s Adel El Mahrouky has the latest.
Six deaths have been confirmed, while 39 tourists were rescued.
CGTN’s Adel El Mahrouky has the latest.
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00:00Well, this is part of a touristic event, or a touristic outing, where the crews would
00:08take tourists to see the underwater coral reefs of the famous Egyptian Red Sea.
00:15Beside the some 40 Russian citizens, there were at least 6 others, 3 Egyptian nationals
00:20and 3 Indians on board, as well as 5 crew members on the Sildabad craft.
00:28Basically, so far 6 have been confirmed dead, 5 of them are Russian, the identity of the 6
00:35has not been confirmed yet and therefore his nationality or her nationality has not been
00:39confirmed as well. Most of those rescued are in good health conditions, 9 have been injured in
00:45this process, 4 of them according to Egyptian health ministry report are in critical condition,
00:52they have been all relocated to the nearest hospital. Luckily, Hergada is one of Egypt's
00:59biggest resort cities, there are decent health care facilities there and therefore
01:04both the rescue speed and the medical intervention they're getting hopefully should be enough for
01:10the recovery. The incident happened about 1 kilometer away from the Hergada shore, so not
01:16far into the sea which has definitely contributed to limiting the number of death and casualties.
01:24Adele, thank you for that. Our correspondent Adele El Marouki in Egypt.