'17 missing’ after yacht hit by huge wave capsizes off Egypt

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TWO British tourists are reportedly among at least 17 people who went missing after a luxury boat sank off the Egyptian coast.

A huge search mission was launched this morning after the Sea Story ship disappeared in the Red Sea near Marsa Alam after reportedly being hit by a wave.

The yacht left Porto Ghalib Port for a multi-day diving trip on November 24 and was due to return to Hurghada Marina on November 29, with 45 people on board.

But at about 5:30am local time, a crew member sent out a distress signal from the boat, while it had gone out for a diving trip.

It then dropped off the radar and contact was lost.

Four Brits were on board the lost vessel, but two remain missing, according to the BBC.

It is unclear which of the passengers were among those rescued and which were still missing as relatives wait for news.

The yacht - carrying 31 tourists of different nationalities and 14 crew members - is believed to have sunk in the Sha’ab Sataya area.

According to the ship tracking website Marine Traffic, the last location shared by the boat was off Hurghada.

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Props to the many fishermen that travel on their row boats out to sea daily and somehow do better than a 100 passanger 5 story 50m long yacht

OpusAi-sj
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Another one knocked down by a wave in the night...

tedthesailor
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Hope there found safe thoughts with the family

jhonsmith
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First question to ask is who was on that boat? 😒

sarahho
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Thats the second boat this year from the same owner. Strange...

NastjaEberz
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This is so sad and it happens so quickly

jeanmcguinness
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Capsizes from a ten to thirteen foot wave…..in other words a yacht only safe in a millpond

billbogg
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That boat should never have been out, our boat trip was cancelled due to strong winds!!

deborahgooding
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Some of you need help, not everything is a conspiracy. Seriously go see someone.

trepidstation
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Question about safety of that type of yacht (i guess) & loading capability. 🤔

РоманРоманов-эу
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People you cannot fight mother nature why do you do this Just listen to the authorities

jeanmcguinness
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Waves were only 3- 4 meters. WtF ????😮😮😮

alisek
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Now you have your "Sea Story"...

highlander
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Sounds like a interesting
International
Meeting

noorgonzalez
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Is this ANOTHER one ? ? ?
Oh, God ....😮

noelsalisbury
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A wave right, no multimillionaire's on board I hope, bodies would float with all the salt, so how would a yacht sink, were did the wave come from the African/Asian inlet, make this make sense.

EdzashedFudwinkle
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Hmm another mystery wave, wonder which billionaire was taken out this time 🤪

DG-nnzt
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What’s happennin* with these. Huge yachts. A bit not. Kosher.

audreymcleod
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Lots of sharks in those waters. Tigers. Bulls, and other toothy beasts of the deep.

riverbankfisher
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My diamond shoes are too tight and my 50's won't fit in my wallet 😩

Meanwhile, the normal people of the UK are frightened of leaving their houses. And that is just because of the stasi police and Starmer

a.j.b.