Seventeen people missing after tourist boat capsizes in Egypt

Amr Hanafi, governor of the Red Sea province, indicated that at least 28 people had been rescued from the water, while he said a search operation was underway to find 17 missing people, with no confirmation at this time about possible deaths. Has happened. ,

Similarly, he said that the armed forces They have deployed a warship and aircraft to assist in the search operation and rescue, before adding that all those rescued are already receiving the “necessary medical attention”, according to a statement published by his office through his account on the social network Facebook.

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Hanafi expressed his gratitude to all the agencies involved and also praised the fact that rescue teams are working hard to complete the search “quickly”. Furthermore, he assured that he would “follow the events closely” and report on any changes in the situation regarding the number of victims.

The Governor has given details of The incident occurred around 5:30 in the morning. (local time), when the vessel has issued an alarm signal while participating in a diving excursion. According to sources cited by the BBC, there were 31 tourists and fourteen crew members of various nationalities, including Spanish, British, Swiss, German and Slovak, on board the boat.

Official foreign affairs sources assured that the Spanish Embassy in Cairo is “following up on this issue with the Egyptian authorities” and “at the moment, There is no record of Spanish deaths.