The governor of the Red Sea region, Amr Hanafy, said rescuers saved 28 people from the vessel south of the coastal town of Marsa Alam, and some were airlifted to receive medical treatment.

Egyptian naval forces have rescued three more people and recovered four bodies, a day after a tourist yacht carrying 44 passengers sank in the Red Sea coastal town of Marsa Alam after facing rough weather.

The search operation for seven people still missing from a dive boat that capsized and sank off Egypt's east coast entered a third day on Wednesday, the governor of the Red Sea province said. The governor's office said the search operation was continuing for seven people still missing after the "Sea Story" was struck by a wave and capsized in the middle of the night on Monday.

Egyptian authorities said more than a dozen people, mostly foreigners, were still missing after a tourist yacht capsized in the Red Sea on Monday, with 28 others rescued.

The boat, identified as Sea Story, sank during a multi-day diving trip while with 44 on board, which included 31 tourists and 13 crew members.

Rescuers on Tuesday recovered four bodies and four survivors a day after a diving boat capsized off Egypt's eastern coast, Red Sea governor Amr Hanafi said, with eight people still

More than a dozen tourists were feared missing after a diving boat sank off Egypt's Red Sea coast, authorities said on Monday. The boat, The Sea Story, sank off the southeastern Egyptian town 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.

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