Egypt boat sinking UPDATES: Four Brits feared missing after tourist yacht Sea Story sinks in Red Sea

Inside the Egypt Sea Story tourer vessel that sank successful Red Sea

The diving travel departed from Porto Ghalib Port successful Marsa Alam connected Sunday and was expected to instrumentality to the larboard of Hurghada connected November 29.

But astir 5.30am this morning, a subordinate of unit raised the alarm and the coastguard was sent retired to effort way them down. It's unclear what caused the four-deck centrifugal yacht to sink, but section reports said a chopper and naval units were progressive successful the frantic search.

The Egyptian Meteorological Authority warned connected Saturday astir turbulence and precocious waves connected the Red Sea and advised against maritime enactment for Sunday and Monday.

According to liveaboard.com, which books spaces connected the vessel, the Sea Story sails astir the Red Sea. It's said to beryllium capable to accommodate arsenic galore arsenic 32 passengers successful its 18 air-conditioned and en-suite duplicate rooms. Among the facilities connected committee are a fully-equipped restaurant, honeymoon suites, flat-screen TV and dependable system.

They connection respective antithetic trips, including the wrecks and "vibrant reeds" of the North Reefs, oregon the Deep South, which is champion for "shark enactment and distant diving". Its tract states that trips commencement astatine £126 per day.

Four Brits are believed to beryllium missing from the tourer yacht

The politician of the Red Sea region, Amr Hanafy, said rescuers saved 28 radical from The Sea Story southbound of the coastal municipality of Marsa Alam, and immoderate were airlifted to person aesculapian treatment.

Four Britons are believed to beryllium truthful acold unaccounted for from the tourer yacht. A Foreign, Commonwealth and Development bureau spokesperson said: "We are providing consular enactment to a fig of British nationals and their families pursuing an incidental successful Egypt and are successful interaction with the section authorities."

Mr Hanafy said 31 tourists of assorted nationalities were connected committee on with 14 crew.

What bash we cognize astir the sunken yacht?

The yacht which sank is called Sea Story and is operated by the institution Dive Pro Liveaboard successful Hurghada, Egypt.

A idiosyncratic answering the telephone astatine Dive Pro Liveaboard said they person “no information” and hung up erstwhile asked astir the sinking today.

According to their website, the Sea Story was built successful 2022 and tin clasp 36 passengers. It was not instantly wide what caused the four-deck, wooden-hulled centrifugal yacht to sink. But the Egyptian Meteorological Authority connected Saturday warned astir turbulence and precocious waves connected the Red Sea and advised against maritime enactment for Sunday and Monday.