Khattab al-Faramawy, a professional licensed diver whose nephew was onboard the Sea Story boat, recalled finding survivors “trapped inside the boat cabins” around 24 hours after the vessel had sunk.

Seven people remain unaccounted for after a tourist boat sank on Monday after leaving the Egyptian port of Marsa Alam.

Rescuers on Tuesday recovered five survivors and four bodies from a dive boat that capsized off Egypt's eastern coast a day earlier, Red Sea governor Amr Hanafi said.

Authorities in Egypt say a luxury yacht that set off with 44 people from the Red Sea port of Ghalib for a week-long diving trip sank, with 32 rescued and 8 still missing.

Four bodies were recovered on Tuesday from a tourist boat which capsized off Egypt’s Red Sea coast, and rescue teams were still searching for seven missing people, the Red Sea Governorate said in a statement.

Three bodies have been recovered from a capsized tourist boat that sank off Egypt's Red Sea coast on Monday, and 13 people were still reported missing, Red Sea Governor Amr Hanafi told Reuters on Tuesday.

Search crews rescued 28 people aboard the 'Sea Story yaught, but 16 people − 4 Egyptians and 12 foreigners − remained lost at sea.

Authorities recovered four bodies, and seven bodies remain missing after a tourist yacht capsized and sank in the Red Sea on Tuesday.

Four bodies were recovered and several other passengers are still missing after a tourist boat capsized off of Egypt's Red Sea coast. The boat, the Sea Story, left for a multi-day diving trip carrying 44 people when it was struck by high waves and began to sink.