The tragedy occurred just off the coast of Egypt yesterday
Six people have lost their lives after a submarine full of tourists sank in the Red Sea.
A further 39 people have been rescued from the sub, which sank just over half a mile (around 1km) off the coast.
A local governor confirmed that nobody remains missing after 45 tourists and five crew members aboard the submarine were caught up in the incident yesterday (March 27).
The submarines take guests to see the coral reefs (Sindbad Submarines)
The tourists were from Russia, Norway, Sweden and Inidia, with six Russian tourists being confirmed to have died after the vessel sank.
The submarine’s company, Sindbad, has since cancelled all upcoming trips while authorities investigate the tragedy.
The cause of the sinking has not yet been confirmed although one report from the Association of Tour Operators of Russia has suggested that the sub might have hit a reef around 65 feet deep.
According to reports, the submarine was located in the Hurghada area of the Red Sea in Egypt to take tourists to see the coral reefs.
On the Sindbad Submarines website, it says: “[Go] below sea level for 40 minutes enjoying the corals and fish with divers show to take photos for unforgettable memory, then you will be transferred back by the same boat to the marine.”
The site goes on to say: “It offers 44 passenger seats. Two pilots’ seats and a sizable round viewing window for each passenger. Experience the beauty of the Red Sea’s underwater world without getting wet. It’s perfect for all ages and the memories will last a lifetime.
“We provide point-to-point transfer from your hotel to our terminal, including land-sea transportation, and all with an excellent level of service.”
Six passengers have been confirmed dead and 39 were rescued (Sindbad Submarines)
Sindbad has been running tourist trips in the Hurghada area for several years.
On its website, the company explains that it holds two of the only ‘14 real recreational submarines’ in the world.
The company allows tourists to travel 25 metres (82 feet) deep in the sea to explore ‘500 metres of coral reef and its marine inhabitant’.
On its site, the company explains that oxygen masks and life vests are available in the vessel in case of an emergency.
Journeys on the vessel typically begin with a check-in at 11am local time, followed by a boat ride to the submarine which is then boarded at around 12:35pm.
Reports of the sinking emerged shortly before midday on Thursday.
LADbible Group has reached out to Sindbad Submarines for a comment.
Featured Image Credit: Sindbad Submarines
Insane footage shows harrowing ‘final hours’ of diver lost at sea just before he’s rescued
Jacob Childs had lost all faith that he’d make it out alive
A scuba diver recorded what he thought were his final moments on Earth after he was left stranded in the ocean for more than six hours.
Jacob Childs considered himself a pretty experienced diver, but nothing could have prepared him for the day he went out with a crew in 2016 for a dive off the coast of Queensland, Australia.
Childs was set for the dive at the Althea Wreck, approximately 30 nautical miles north-east of Bundaberg when the worst happened.
At about midday, Childs was separated from his crew and began to drift with nothing more than the equipment on his back.
In an interview with ABC, Childs explained how he ‘missed the rope’ which led from the boat into the water.
He continued: ‘I surfaced alongside to the boat. There was no tagline out the back for me to grab on to … by the time the skipper had thrown it out I was already past it.’
Almost immediately an air and sea search for the lost diver was underway.
Incredibly, Childs used his Go-Pro to capture harrowing footage of what he thought would be his final moments on this planet as he lay stranded in the middle of the ocean.
In the video uploaded to YouTube he calmly says: ‘So that’s it. The sun goes down they won’t do nothing. That’s a wrap on old Jakey.’
The sky continued to darken and Childs’ hopes of being rescued continued to dwindle until he was miraculously rescued at about 6pm.
Speaking to ABC Childs said ‘it’s a long time to spend by yourself’.
Childs recalls hearing helicopters around him, but they couldn’t spot him. Footage even shows the planes flying past him as Childs gets more agitated.
Explaining this to ABC he said: ‘Apparently there were a lot of boats out there but I didn’t see any of those … all I had seen and heard was a trawler which I tried swimming towards.’
Jacob Childs was lost at sea off the coast of Queensland for more than six hours (Jakey/YouTube)
On of the things that struck viewers was just how calm Childs was in his recordings. He recalls being ‘nice and warm’ in his wetsuit and not too tired thanks to his float.
He wasn’t even overly worried about spending the night at sea, saying: ‘I think it’s just one of those things … if you’ve got to do it, you’ve got to do it.’
And if you thought the experience put him off diving, you’d be wrong. When asked about if he fancies another dive, Childs responded: ‘I’ll be in the water tomorrow probably.’
Childs has posted six parts of his footage of the incident to his YouTube channel, leaving viewers in awe.
One commenter wrote: ‘Floating in the ocean alone, sun going down, unsure if you’ll ever get home… & 10x more chilled out than I am when I’m stuck in traffic’
Another viewer explained how he comes back to Childs’ video often: ‘I always come back to this video. Something about the way he just starts to accept his faith so peacefully has always stuck with me. So glad he got saved.’
Featured Image Credit: Jakey/YouTube
Inside incredible new ‘UFO looking’ submarine launched as the ultimate vessel for deep sea sightseeing
The Triton 660/9 AVA is changing underwater exploration.
Deep sea sightseeing is being taken to a completely new level, thanks to an incredible new ‘UFO looking’ submarine.
The Triton 660/9 AVA, launched by Florida-based company Triton Submarines, could change the way people view the wonders of the ocean.
According to its makers, theirs is the world’s first submersible with a free-form acrylic pressure hull, and it’s designed to give people a panoramic view of the ocean as they travel in it.
The vessel is also, they say, able to travel to 660 ft, or 200 meters, and it can carry nine people in total – eight guests and a pilot.
A video on the YouTube channel of Triton Submarines shows it in action, and describes it as “a vessel of discovery crafted for extraordinary experiences”.
It goes on to say that with “its groundbreaking pressure hole design it offers a versatile interior that adapts to a client’s needs providing panoramic views for unparalleled underwater journeys”.
It ends saying that it “isn’t just a submarine, it’s changing our experience with the ocean forever”.
As reported by New Atlas, the vessel is thought to be available to luxury resorts and cruise ships.
They also say that the interior on the vessel can be kitted out in various ways, like a cocktail bar, or dining room, whatever the preference is.
YouTube/Triton.
But they also point out one noticeable thing that’s missing: a toilet!
Reports say that Triton has delivered the first 660/9 AVA to the Scenic Group. Named the Scenic Neptune II, it is on the cruise ship Scenic Eclipse II.
Patrick Lahey, President and Co-Founder of Triton Submarines, has been quoted by the Daily Express as saying: “We thank Scenic for their belief in Triton and our capacity to deliver the highly innovative Triton 660/9 AVA, which represents a new paradigm in the way people experience and interact with the ocean.”
Featured Image Credit: Triton Submarines/YouTube
Man shows shocking reality of North Korea as one of the first tourists to visit after 5 years of isolation
The secretive regime has since halted its tourism again
A man has lifted the lid on the shocking reality of North Korea after he became one of the first tourists to visit after five years of isolation.
Life in North Korea has been described by people who have escaped the regime, but the extent of the harsh realities for the people still living there is often unknown.
But recently, the secretive country opened its borders to non-Russian tourists for the first time in half a decade.
And one man documented his experience for his YouTube channel visiting a country that is kept so under wraps that ‘when I was flying in, we had to close the blinds on the windows of the plane because we weren’t allowed to look outside’.
Mike Okay shared his visit to North Korea with his 607,000 subscribers where he spent five days with a tour group.
Mike said: “We had five North Koreans with us, three guides, a driver and a photographer. They were very friendly, always polite and they did their absolute best to make sure that we felt at ease but no matter how welcoming they seemed, there was no shaking this feeling that we were being watched.”
The YouTuber shared a bizarre encounter during a trip to a mineral water factory where Mike noticed there weren’t any workers.
Asking his tour guide about it, the man replied: “What’s the day today, Saturday?”
To which Mike responded: “Thursday.”
The YouTuber watched a group of children sing in front of footage of missiles (YouTube/@mikeokay)
At his hotel, the YouTuber showed how his windows had been ‘sealed shut’ and the room’s phone could not connect to anyone ‘outside of North Korea’.
At the end of his trip, Mike visited a school where he watched a group perform a song celebrating their leader, Kim Jong Un.
Many viewers took to the YouTube comment section to share their reactions to the footage.
One user wrote: “This whole episode felt like a Truman Show movie. Like everything around him is set up just for him.”
Another said: “I kinda feel bad for the people that are getting interviewed, one wrong answer and it’s over for them and their whole family. Imagine the amount of pressure.”
A third person commented: “The fact he didn’t know which day it was, said Saturday, and you fact checked him saying it’s Thursday shows something was up.”
A fourth wrote: “It still blows my mind that a place like this actually exists…”
And a fifth person added: “Everybody seems so programmed and gets nervous when asked about any other counties. I feel for the kids—smart, talented and articulate. I genuinely hope the best for them.”
Featured Image Credit: YouTube/@mikeokay
Full transcript of secret text message chain detailing Trump’s war plans released to public
Messages intercepted by an Atlantic journalist have been revealed in full
Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine, was mistakenly added to a private group chat on Signal comprised of several high level Trump officials, who subsequently discussed in clear detail plans for the ongoing war in Yemen.
The messages allegedly involved Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, among many others.
Titled ‘Houthi PC small group’ on the private messaging app Signal, the collective discussed classified plans to bomb Yemen, and plans were executed in real time as messages were sent.
Jeffrey Goldberg was added to the Signal chat accidentally, and exposed to the discussion of confidential plans for war in Yemen (Paul Morigi/Getty Images for The Atlantic)
Initially The Atlantic decided against revealing the exact conversations that were discussed in the group, pointing to the potential for national security to be compromised, but they have since u-turned and disclosed a full transcript of the group’s discussions, as reported by The Guardian.
“There is a clear public interest in disclosing the sort of information that Trump advisers included in nonsecure communications channels,” outlined Goldberg and Shane Harris in a follow up article, “especially because senior administration figures are attempting to downplay the significance of the messages that were shared.”
Several members that were allegedly involved in the group chat have denied that any classified information was shared or discussed, and that all communications were ‘lawful’, but the release of the transcript by The Atlantic has called these claims into question by many.
Shared by Brian Krassenstein on X, the lengthy chat log involves not only discussions involving complex foreign policy, but direct military commands to execute bombing strikes too.
Defense Secretary Hegseth in particular sent a detailed breakdown of planned strikes, beginning with a statement that relays confirmation from the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) that “we are GO for mission launch.”
BREAKING: Jeffrey Goldberg from The Atlantic @TheAtlantic has just released the FULL Text Message Chain. I have provided all texts in this post and the thread below: CHECK MATE! 🧵
Five separate strikes between ‘1215et’ and ‘1536’ were denoted by Hegseth, with specificities given in reference to the planes (F-18s) and conditions.
“Godspeed to our Warriors,” was how Hesgeth ended his detailed plan, and JD Vance followed this up with “I will say a prayer for victory.”
Furthermore, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz also detailed the success of a strike on “the first target” who is designated as “their top missile guy.”
In this, Waltz illustrates that “we had positive ID of [the target] walking into his girlfriend’s building and it’s now collapsed,” to which Vance replied: “Excellent.”
The Atlantic believe that, despite contradictory claims from those involved in the group, discussing the aforementioned sensitive war plans on Signal was ill advised, and could have put the lives of any Americans involved in the strikes at risk.
“If this information – particularly the exact times American aircraft were taking off for Yemen – had fallen into the wrong hands in that crucial two-hour period, American pilots and other American personnel could have been exposed to even greater danger than they ordinarily would face,” The Atlantic argue.
Featured Image Credit: Chip Somodevilla / Staff / Getty
