Egyptian authorities said on Monday they had rescued 28 people from a tourist boat that sank off the coast of the Red Sea, but a search was underway for 17 others missing.
The luxury yacht “Sea Story” was carrying 45 people – 31 foreigners and a crew of 14 – when it turned around on Monday after sailing on Sunday from Port Ghalib Marina, near Marsa Alam on the Red Sea coast of Egypt. which was scheduled to last until Friday, when the ferry was due to dock in Hurghada.
The regional Red Sea control center received a distress signal at 5:30 a.m. local time from a member of the Sea Story crew, regional authorities said in a statement, and search and rescue teams were immediately dispatched to the area.
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Governor of the Red Sea Maj. General Amr Hanafi said some of the survivors were airlifted from the area to receive medical treatment, while the rest were assisted in rescue ships until a military ship arrived to take them back to shore.
The governor said that military and navy planes were still searching for the 17 missing persons on Monday, and that the survivors were receiving medical assistance as needed.
The cause of the accident and where the dead were from Monday afternoon in Egypt.
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