The Egyptian military and the Red Sea Governate have deployed armed aircraft forces to search for seven missing passengers of a tourist yacht that capsized on Monday.
The search for the missing people entered the third day after the yacht that was carrying 13 crew members and 31 foreign tourists sank off the coastline of the Egyptian town of Marsa Alam.
The rescue team recovered four bodies and rescued five people yesterday, bringing the total number of survivors to 33.
Two British passengers and German and Polish nationals are believed to be among the seven missing people.
Red Sea region governor, Major General Amr Hanafi, said the four bodies were yet to be identified.
According to local authorities, the yacht sent distress calls at 5:30am local time (3:30am GMT).
Hanafi said the vessel had sunk within five to seven minutes and some people had been unable to escape from their cabins.
He said a total of 28 people were initially rescued by military personnel and a passing tourist boat in the hours after the vessel sank, while the five other survivors were found in the Wadi el-Gemal area, south of Marsa Alam.
The 44m (144ft) Sea Story yacht had set sail from a port near Marsa Alam for a five-day diving trip on Sunday that was supposed to finish further north at Hurghada.
It is unclear at this stage what caused the four-deck motor yacht to capsize. However, the Egyptian Meteorological Authority had warned about rough weather and advised against maritime activity on the Red Sea on Sunday and Monday.
Wind speeds of 60-70 kph and wave heights of three to four metres were recorded during the rough weather spell.
