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.

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.

Officials in Egypt say over a dozen people are missing after a tourist cruise vessel sank in the Red Sea. The governor of the Red Sea region said Monday afternoon that authorities are searching for 17 people who went missing. Amr Hanafy said in a statement that rescuers saved 28 people from the sinking vessel off Marsa Alam city.