Sea Story was carrying 30 tourists and 14 crew when it sent a distress signal on Monday morning

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

The Sea Story was carrying 30 tourists from several countries and 14 crew when it sent a distress signal at 5.30am local time (3.30am GMT) on Monday, according to Egypt’s Red Sea governorate.