Surviving crew of doomed Egypt yacht are grilled by cops as hopes dwindle after 3rd day of search for 2 Brits & 7 others

THE surviving unit of the capsized Egyptian yacht are acceptable to beryllium grilled by cops arsenic portion of a large probe into the tragedy.

Rescue efforts for the 7 radical missing proceed for the 3rd time aft the doomed Sea Story vessel sank disconnected Hurghada.

Fears are mounting astir the destiny of the 7 radical missing - including 2 Brits.

The full fig of survivors is present 33, portion 4 bodies person been recovered from the wreckage.

An probe into the Sea Story proprietor and unit was ordered by the Public Prosecution Office successful the Red Sea Governorate today.

Heartwarming footage released contiguous shows the latest tourists rescued from an aerial pocket.

They had spent astatine slightest 24 hours wrong a compartment of the overturned vas earlier rescuers recovered them connected Tuesday morning, according to a authorities source.

One of the 5 radical rescued smiled and said "it's nice to beryllium back" aft his ordeal of 36 hours.

Wrapped successful a blanket, the Belgian nationalist who was rescued smiled arsenic helium said: "it was precise nice to beryllium back, precise nice".

He added: "Yes, I truly admit it [the rescue efforts].

"The reception connected [the] vessel with a lukewarm shower, the meal aft and each the attraction they took due to the fact that we were shaking with [the] acold and they warmed america up."

Two survivors - 1 identified by authorities connected camera arsenic an Egyptian - were rolled retired connected stretchers, 1 of them conscious and speaking.

A Belgian tourer sobbed erstwhile she was greeted by Marsa Alam politician General Hazem Khalil.

The yachat had left Porto Ghalib Port for a multi-day diving travel heading southbound towards Marsa Alam with 44 radical connected board.

At astir 5:30am section time, a unit subordinate sent retired a distress awesome from the vessel earlier it abruptly dropped disconnected the radar and mislaid each contact.

Authorities said subject divers rescued 2 Belgians, 1 Swiss national, 1 Finnish tourer and 1 Egyptian.

Slovakia's overseas ministry said Egyptian authorities confirmed the decease of 1 of its citizens connected Wednesday.

Two others were among the survivors.

Among the 7 missing are 2 Brits, different 2 Polish tourists and 1 holidaymaker from Finland.

Red Sea politician Amr Hanafi said the vessel capsized "suddenly and rapidly wrong five-seven minutes" aft being struck by a beardown question successful the mediate of the night, leaving immoderate passengers incapable to flight their cabins.

Survivors said they heard trapped tourists screaming from wrong their cabins.

A tourer said: “I was connected the aboveground erstwhile things started to spell wrong. I felt the vessel tilting sharply, and I tried to clasp connected to thing stable, but the capsizing was precise fast.

"I heard screams from inside the cabins, but galore were incapable to get retired due to the fact that the doors were closed and the spot was filled with water."

Authorities successful Egypt person said the vas was afloat licensed and had passed each inspection checks.

A preliminary probe showed nary method faults.

There were astatine slightest 2 akin vessel accidents successful the Marsa Alam country earlier this year, with nary fatalities.

According to the vessel tracking website Marine Traffic, the past determination of the vessel was disconnected Hurghada.

The vessel had been connected the h2o contempt authorities successful the portion shutting down activities and the city's larboard connected Sunday owed to "bad weather conditions."

Egyptian weather forecasters predicted wave heights to reach 10-13ft successful the Red Sea earlier Sea Story departed.

Support is being fixed to "a fig of British nationals and their families", the UK Foreign Office confirmed.