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.

Egyptian naval forces have rescued three more people and recovered four bodies, a day after a tourist yacht carrying 44 passengers sank in the Red Sea coastal town of Marsa Alam after facing rough weather.

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.