Lt. Colonel Maher bin Reda Al-Muraei, the media spokesman of the border guard command in Madinah region, said that the naval patrols in the Yanbu sector responded on Friday 26 Oct., to a report on a picnic boat that sank at the sea, with 16 people aboard. He added that maritime patrols were sent to the site to ensure the safety of passengers, take out the boat from the incident site and escort it to the harbor, after checking the integrity of its structure.