Egypt Says 16 Missing After Tourist Boat Sinks in Red Sea
- ‘Big wave’ capsized the boat off Red Sea coast, official says
- Boat inspected for marine safety in March, official says
Survivors rest at a coffee shop after a tourist yacht sank in the Red Sea in Marsa Alam, Egypt, on Nov. 25.
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Sixteen passengers on an Egyptian tourist boat that sunk in the Red Sea early Monday remain missing, according to a government official.
The 34-meter long boat, which carried 44 passengers, mostly foreigners, capsized after being hit by a “big wave,” said Amr Hanafi, governor of Egypt’s Red Sea governorate, citing accounts of tourists and crew members who survived the accident.