2024 Red Sea tourist boat disaster

2024 Red Sea tourist boat disaster
Time5:30 a.m. (GMT)
CauseCapsizing
Participants44
Deaths4
Missing7

On 25 November 2024 the tourist boat Sea Story sank in the Red Sea. In the immediate aftermath, sixteen people were confirmed missing, including twelve foreigners and four Egyptians, while 28 others were rescued.[1] The survivors were found in the Wadi El Gemal area of the sea.[1] The warship El Fateh of the Egyptian Navy assisted in the rescue.[1] The next day, four people were found dead, while the number of missing was lowered to seven as five more were rescued alive.[2]

  1. ^ a b c Khalil, Hafsa; Gritten, David (25 November 2024). "Seventeen missing after Red Sea tourist boat sinks". BBC News. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Four bodies recovered from capsized tourist boat in Red Sea with nine missing". The Guardian. 26 November 2024.