Sixteen missing yacht missing in Egypt's Red Sea search for second day

The search for 16 missing tourist yachts that sank in Egypt's Red Sea continues for a second day.

Authorities in Amr Hanafi's Red Sea region are conducting a search with the Navy for 16 missing people, including 12 foreigners and four Egyptians.

Earlier on the morning of the 25th local time, a yacht carrying 31 foreign tourists and 13 Egyptian crew members sank off the southern coast of Marsa-Alam village in the Red Sea and 28 people were rescued.

According to rescued tourists and crew members, the 34-meter-long yacht was overturned after hitting a large wave.

The nationality of foreign tourists was confirmed to be the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, and China, and there were no Koreans.