Sixteen people including 12 foreign nationals are missing after a tourist boat sank off Egypt’s Red Sea coast, the local government has said.
The Sea Story was carrying 44 including 31 tourists and 13 crew on a multi-day diving trip when it went down near the town of Marsa Alam, the Red Sea Governorate said in a statement, revising an earlier report of 14 Egyptian crew aboard.
It confirmed 28 people were rescued and had only minor injuries such as bruises and scrapes with none requiring hospitalisation.
Red Sea Governor Amr Hanafi said preliminary reports suggested a sudden large wave struck the boat, capsizing it within five to seven minutes.
“Some passengers were in their cabins, which is why they were unable to escape,” he added in the…
