A cruise ship carrying 112 Egyptian passengers sank in the Nile River on Tuesday evening after crashing into large rocks, Al-Ahram's Arabic-language news website has reported. The accident is reported to have taken place near the Upper Egyptian cities of Kom Ombo and Aswan. Head of Aswan's security directorate, Hassan Abdel-Hai, told Al-Ahram that all passengers had safely disembarked from the sinking vessel – dubbed the "King of the Nile" – with the help of a rescue team.