This is the second boat to sink in the area this year
CAIRO - Sixteen people including 12 foreign nationals are missing after a tourist boat sank off Egypt 's Red Sea coast, the local government said on Monday.
Red Sea Governor Amr Hanafi said that preliminary reports suggested a sudden large wave struck the boat, capsizing it within 5-7 minutes. Egyptian armed forces frigates and aircraft swept the area in search of the missing, but by 5:00 p.m. the search had been paused for the night, a government source told Reuters on Monday.
Britain's foreign office said that it is providing consular support to a number of British nationals and their families following an incident in Egypt and are in contact with the local authorities.
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