List of all shark attacks in egypt
Fatal Attacks
13
Unprovoked Attacks
37
Total Attacks
42
There have been a total of 42 shark attacks in EGYPT. Out of those, 13 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 30.95%. 37 attacks came out of the blue while 5 have been provoked by humans.
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Unprovoked
Fatal
Non Fatal
| Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coral Bay, Sharm-el-Sheikh | 13-02-2004 | Snorkeling | FATAL | YES | male | ||
| Off Sharm El-Sheikh | 02-01-2004 | 03h00 | Air disaster. Flash Airlines Boeing 737 crashed into the Red Sea | No survivors, sharks scavenged on remains | YES | 135 passengers & 13 crew | |
| Sha’ab Mahmud, Ras Mohamed Park | 05-11-2003 | 2.5 oceanic whitetip shark | Snorkeling | Hand/elbow injured | NO | Igor Fedorov | |
| Safaga | 10-08-1997 | Fishing | Seriously injured | NO | 17yo Nagah Attalah Al Sayed | ||
| Safaga | 10-08-1997 | Thought to involve an oceanic whitetip shark or a white shark | Fishing | FATAL | YES | 16yo Ayman Abul Hassan | |
| Southern end of the Sinai Peninsula | 31-08-1973 | Tiger shark | Massive wound on right thigh with femur exposed | NO | Soldier | ||
| A few miles south of Port Suez | 15-01-1970 | Air disaster | FATAL | YES | pilot of Israeli skyhawk | ||
| Off Ras Gharib | The 168-ton Belmore foundered in heavy seas | FATAL | YES | Seaman Gray | |||
| Port Said | Tiger shark, 3.9 m | Human head found in shark caught by British steamer Syria | Probable drowning & scavenging. | NO | |||
| Port Said | No details | NO | No details |
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