Egyptian authorities said more than a dozen people, mostly foreigners, were still missing after a tourist yacht capsized in the Red Sea on Monday (Nov 25), with 28 others rescued. The vessel carrying 31 tourists of various nationalities and a 13-member crew sent out a distress call at 5.30am local time,

The Sea Story, which was carrying tourists from Ireland, US, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Belgium, China, Finland, Slovakia, Spain and the UK, capsized in the Red Sea on Monday

Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin has said that an Irish citizen who was on board a tourist yacht that sank in the Red Sea off Egypt yesterday is "OK and receiving consular assistance from the Department of Foreign Affairs".

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

The boat carried 13 Egyptians, including crew members, and 31 foreign nationals from the United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Poland, Belgium, Switzerland, Finland, China, Slovakia, Spain, and Ireland.

Rescue teams also found five people alive - two Belgian tourists, one Swiss, one Finn and an Egyptian, bringing the total number of survivors to 33.

Several people remain missing after a large wave hit the Sea Story on Monday, causing the boat to capsize in "about five or seven minutes", according to the governor of Egypt's Red Sea region.

A tourist yacht sank in the Red Sea on Monday after warnings of rough waters and 16 people were missing, Egyptian officials said. 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…

Major search operations are currently underway by local authorities.

A search continues for the 17 remaining passengers and crew.