Three bodies found and 13 people missing after tourist boat sank in Red Sea with British nationals onboard

Three bodies person been recovered aft a tourer vessel sank successful the Red Sea, a section authoritative has said.

Rescue teams had been "intensifying efforts" to find 16 radical who were missing - and 2 British radical are believed to beryllium among them.

Governor of the Red Sea portion Amr Hanafi told Reuters quality bureau that 3 bodies person present been recovered and 13 radical are inactive missing.

The 34-metre-long tourer vessel Sea Story sank connected Monday southbound of the Egyptian coastal municipality of Marsa Alam with 44 radical connected board.

Among the overseas nationals connected committee were those from the UK, Ireland, US, Germany, Poland, Belgium, Switzerland, Finland, China, Slovakia and Spain.

The nationalities of the radical whose bodies person been recovered is unknown.

Egyptian subject forces, which are co-ordinating operations, had already rescued 28 radical "in practice with a cruise vessel that happened to beryllium successful the area".

According to those connected board, a "high oversea wave" deed the vas and caused it to capsize successful "about 5 oregon 7 minutes", Mr Hanafi said.

Some passengers were wrong the cabins, "which is wherefore they couldn't get retired of the boat", his connection connected Facebook added.

A Foreign, Commonwealth and Development bureau spokesperson said connected Monday: "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."

The vessel had near Port Ghalib successful Marsa Alam connected Sunday and was scheduled to scope its destination of Hurghada Marina connected 29 November.

Officials said a distress telephone was received astatine 5.30am section clip connected Monday.

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The incidental comes aft the Egyptian Meteorological Authority issued a informing connected Saturday astir turbulence and precocious waves connected the Red Sea.

The steadfast that operates the yacht, Dive Pro Liveaboard successful Hurghada, said it has nary accusation connected the matter.