Five of the survivors who were pulled out alive on Tuesday had reportedly been rescued from inside the boat cabins. A diver told the BBC earlier in the week that they had to put a lot of effort to ...

Jenny Cawson, 36, and Tarig Sinada, 49, who were enjoying a reef safari holiday off Egypt , have both worked as scuba diving ...

There were 44 people on board the boat. But according to Red Sea regional governor Amr Hanafi, some people were stuck in their cabins when a huge wave struck the boat and it began to capsize.

Youssef’s father, Hussam, who broke down in tears when he found out his son was alive, said Youssef was locked in one of the boat’s cabins while “trying to save the passengers”.

Khattab al-Faramawy, a professional licensed diver whose nephew was on board the Sea Story boat, recalled finding survivors “trapped inside the boat cabins” around 24 hours after the vessel had sunk.

“We dived 12m (40ft) under water - the survivors were trapped inside the boat cabins,” he told the BBC on Wednesday. It was a “complicated mission” as they had to “find our way into the ...

"We dived 12m (40ft) under water - the survivors were trapped inside the boat cabins," Mr Khattab al-Faramawy told the BBC. They had survived more than 24 hours on the boat since it was sunk by a ...

recalled finding survivors “trapped inside the boat cabins” around 24 hours after the vessel had sunk. The Sea Story sank in the early hours of Monday morning after sending a distress signal ...