Authorities in Egypt say a luxury yacht that set off with 44 people from the Red Sea port of Ghalib for a week-long diving trip sank, with 32 rescued and 8 still missing.

Rescuers found five survivors and four bodies on Tuesday from the wreck of a boat carrying tourists that sank amid high waves off the Red Sea coast of Egypt a day earlier, according to the Egyptian authorities. Search efforts were continuing for seven other missing passengers and crew, they said.

Three bodies have been recovered after a tourist boat capsized in the Red Sea Monday. Another 13 people remain missing from the vessel, which sank south of the Egyptian coastal town of Marsa Alam.

CAIRO (Reuters) -Egyptian authorities rescued 28 people after a tourist boat sank off its Red Sea coast, the Red Sea Governorate said in a statement on Monday, as a search continued for the 17 remaining passengers and crew.

Five people have been found alive and four bodies have been recovered after a tourist boat sank in the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt. Two Belgians, one Finn, one Swiss and one Egyptian national have been rescued, the governor of the Red Sea region Amr Hanafi has said. The nationalities of the four bodies recovered are unknown.

Egyptian authorities are searching for 17 people missing after a tourist boat sank off the country’s Red Sea coast.

According to local Egyptian media, 31 tourists including British and American nationals and 14 Egyptian crew members were on board -it has since been confirmed 28 people have been rescued as search op

Egyptian authorities say 16 people are missing, including foreigners, and 28 have been rescued after a tourist boat sank in the Red Sea. Two of those missing are British, the BBC understands. Finland has confirmed one of their nationals is unaccounted for, while authorities say four Egyptians are also missing.

Rescuers on Tuesday recovered five survivors and four bodies from a dive boat that capsized off Egypt's eastern coast a day earlier, Red Sea governor Amr Hanafi said.