{"id":130140,"date":"2024-11-26T03:57:23","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T20:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130140"},"modified":"2024-11-26T03:57:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T20:57:23","slug":"egypt-says-16-people-missing-as-tourist-boat-sinks-off-red-sea-coast-tourism-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130140","title":{"rendered":"Egypt says 16 people missing as tourist boat sinks off Red Sea coast | Tourism News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>At least 28 rescued after the boat, called Sea Story and carrying 44 people, sinks near the coastal town of Marsa Alam.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p class=\"p1\">Sixteen people including 12 foreign nationals are missing after a tourist boat capsized off Egypt\u2019s Red Sea coast, the local government has said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The boat, Sea Story, was carrying 44 people, including 31 tourists of varying nationalities and 13 crew on a multi-day diving trip when it sank on Monday near the town of Marsa Alam, the Red Sea Governorate said in a statement, revising an earlier report of 14 Egyptian crew aboard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Twenty-eight people were rescued and had only minor injuries such as bruises and scrapes with none requiring hospitalisation, it said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Red Sea Governor Amr Hanafi said that preliminary reports suggested a sudden large wave struck the boat, sinking it within five to seven minutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cSome passengers were in their cabins, which is why they were unable to escape,\u201d he added in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts to locate more survivors were ongoing in coordination with the Egyptian navy and army, officials told Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The foreign nationals aboard the 34-metre-long vessel, owned by an Egyptian national, included Americans, Belgians, British, Chinese, Finns, Germans, Irish, Poles, Slovakians, Spanish, and Swiss people.<\/p>\n<p>The governorate said a distress call was received at 5:30am (03:30 GMT) and that the boat had departed from Port Ghalib in Marsa Alam on Sunday, with plans to return to Hurghada Marina on November 29.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ahram Online, the Egyptian Meteorological Authority had forecast turbulent seas in the Mediterranean and Red Seas, and advised the suspension of all maritime activities on Sunday and Monday.<\/p>\n<p>It also said that wave heights were predicted to reach 4-6 metres (13-20 feet) in the Mediterranean and 3-4 metres (10-13 feet) in the Red Sea.<\/p>\n<p>It was unclear how the vessel got permission to sail amid the inclement weather.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Sea is a popular diving destination renowned for its coral reefs and marine life, key to\u00a0Egypt\u2019s vital tourism industry.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2023\/6\/11\/british-tourists-missing-after-boat-fire-in-egypts-red-sea\">three British tourists went missing<\/a> and 12 were rescued after a motor boat caught fire off Marsa Alam.<\/p>\n<p>The year 2016 saw one of the worst sea disasters in Egypt, when a boat carrying about 600 migrants sank in the Mediterranean, killing at least 170 people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/11\/25\/egypt-tourist-boat-sinks-off-red-sea-17-missing\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 28 rescued after the boat, called Sea Story and carrying 44 people, sinks near the coastal town of Marsa Alam. 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