Egypt boat sinking: 3 people found alive day after accident raising hope for missing Brits | World | News

Three people have been found alive a day after a tourist boat sank in Egypt, raising hopes that two missing Britons among the nine missing could still be alive. 

In total, seven people have been found – four dead and three alive – as the search continues for missing tourists.

The Sea Story was carrying 44 people, including 31 foreign nationals from the UK, the US, Germany, Poland, Belgium, Switzerland, Finland, China, Slovakia, Spain and Ireland, when it was struck by a large wave on Monday.

The governor of the Red Sea, Amr Hanafi, said in a statement that nine people are still missing.

The identity of those who have been recovered from the water is unknown, he added.

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