Egypt boat disaster: Two missing Brits identified as engaged couple as search enters sixth day

Jenny Cawson, 36, and Tarig Sinada, 49, from Devon, were enjoying a reef safari vacation disconnected the seashore of Egypt erstwhile the vessel they were connected was deed by a immense question and sank

Two missing Brits who are inactive missing aft a tourer yacht sank successful the Red Sea disconnected the Egyptian seashore person been named arsenic an adventure-loving engaged couple.

Jenny Cawson, 36, and Tarig Sinada, 49, from Devon, were enjoying a reef safari vacation disconnected the seashore of Egypt erstwhile the vas was deed by a immense question successful the aboriginal hours of Monday. The pair, who person some worked arsenic scuba diving instructors, are feared to person drowned aft Egyptian authorities said they are among 7 passengers from the vessel who person inactive not been recovered.

A full of 33 radical person been rescued and 4 radical person died successful the calamity aft the 144ft 4 platform vessel, named Sea Story, sank successful an country known arsenic Dolphin Reef. Two different Brits connected committee were among 28 radical rescued conscionable hours aft it capsized astatine astir 5.30am.

They person been named arsenic London mates Colin Sherratt, 65 and Sally Jones, 58. Five much survivors were miraculously plucked from the wreckage connected Tuesday nighttime aft surviving for much than 30 hours with conscionable a tiny aerial pouch to respire successful underneath the boat.

They told however they were trapped successful the transportation achromatic and acold h2o with conscionable their mouths and noses supra the surface. As the identities of the missing Brits emerged past nighttime Miss Cawson and Mr Sinada were described arsenic a mates who emotion escapade and the outdoors, often snowboarding, upland climbing and diving together.

Miss Cawson, who works arsenic an IT advisor and Mr Sinada, an astrophysics postgraduate of Imperial College, person lived unneurotic for years successful Ashburton, adjacent Newton Abbot, Devon. Mr Sinada, works for Tata Consultancy Services backmost successful the UK but has besides worked arsenic a scuba teacher successful Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines, with Miss Cawson sometimes moving alongside him.

An authoritative root told the Daily Mail they were among those missing, presumed drowned. The Sea Story was owed to instrumentality to Hurghada time aft a six-day voyage from Port Ghalib. The travel is highly fashionable with diving enthusiasts, with the country considered a world people reef.

The yacht is said to person sunk 40ft successful conscionable six minutes, with the hull of the vessel presently floating conscionable fractional a metre supra the surface. Experts successful Egypt person told The Mirror the hunt cognition is getting progressively hard arsenic the conditions of diving the wreck are highly unsafe and the vas is inactive being dragged further and further retired to sea.

A spokesperson for Mr Sidana's employers said: "We anticipation for his harmless return, on with each different passengers." Miss Cawson's relatives were excessively upset to comment. The Mirror has contacted the Foreign Office for comment.