A pleasure boat carrying 26 tourists, including foreign ones, sank near the tourist city of Hurghada in Egypt. There are wounded. The accident happened on the morning of last Tuesday, April 25.
According to the Egyptian publication Cairo24, the tourist boat went on a sea trip in the northern part of the Red Sea. The cause of the tragedy was a pothole and wind. The ship stalled, a side wave rocked the ship, then it scooped up water overboard and went to the bottom. A total of 26 tourists of various nationalities, 8 crew members, and three diving instructors were on board the ship that sank. It is unknown whether there were Ukrainians among them.
The captain of the boat reported the distress, and the coast guard managed to help in time. People were evacuated. However, six people received injuries of varying degrees of severity — they were taken to the hospital for the necessary assistance.