Two Britons are reported to be among dozens of people feared missing after a tourist yacht was “hit by a wave” and sank off the coast of Egypt on Monday. At least 16 people are feared missing despite a massive rescue operation saving 28 people from the vessel, according to the governor of the Red Sea region, Amr Hanafi.

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.

Five people were rescued 24 hours after the Sea Story yacht sunk in the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt while 31 tourists and 13 crew members were on a diving trip

Five survivors have been rescued and four bodies recovered in efforts to find people missing after a tourist boat sank in the Red Sea, a local official has said.

Red Sea search enters critical third day with two Britons still unaccounted for - Two Britons are still unaccounted for after a tourist yacht sank in the Red Sea