A cruise ship with 112 passengers on board sank in the Nile river near Aswan, Al Arabiya reported in a breaking news. According to Egyptian security sources, all the passengers were rescued. Later it was anunced that there onboard the ship, there was no foreigners. This was stated by Colonel Hassan Abdul Hay, head of security of Aswan, quoted by the website of the Egyptian newspaper al-Ahram. The colonel stressed that the ship - carrying 112 people, "All Egyptians"  was traveling to Luxor. According to the colonel, the ship hit a rock and the incident resulted in the opening of a gap. The water started to enter the ship, which then began to tilt. The immediate intervention of rescue teams helped in rescue of all 112 Egyptians" on board.