Egyptian authorities are still searching for another 18 seafarers reported missing.
Eleven people have survived so far but some of them are in critical condition, Al Arabiya reports.
The fishing vessel Badr had 40 people onboard when it collided with a bigger vessel coming from the Suez Canal.
A Panama-flagged vessel was later stopped near the port of Safaga, south of the Gulf, over suspicions of involvement in the collision.
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