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.

Sixteen people are missing after a tour boat capsized Monday during a five-day diving expedition and sank off of Egypt's Red Sea coast.

Three additional people -- two Belgian nationals and an Egyptian -- were rescued after a tourist boat sank Monday off the Egyptian coast, bringing the total number of survivors to 31, Amr Hanafy, the regional governor,

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.

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 31 rescued and 9 still missing.

Three bodies have been recovered from a capsized tourist boat that sank off Egypt's Red Sea coast on Monday, and 13 people were still reported missing, Red Sea Governor Amr Hanafi told Reuters on Tuesday.

Four bodies were recovered on Tuesday from a tourist boat which capsized off Egypt’s Red Sea coast, and rescue teams were still searching for seven missing people, the Red Sea Governorate said in a statement.