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.

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.

A tourist submarine sank off Egypt’s Red Sea coast killing six people, marking the latest fatal accident involving tourist boats in the region. The vessel, a submersible called the Sinbad, was less than a mile off the coast of Hurghada,