15 dead, 19 missing after ferry sinks in Indonesia
The Hindu
At least 15 killed & 19 missing after ferry sinks off Indonesia's Sulawesi island. 6 rescued & taken to hospital. Search & rescue teams to dive & sweep above water surface. Marine accidents common in Indonesia due to poor safety standards. 2018: 150 drowned in Sumatra ferry accident. May 2020: 800+ ferry ran aground off East Nusa Tenggara, no injuries.
At least 15 people were killed and 19 more were missing on Monday, July 24, 2023, after a ferry sank off the coast of Indonesia's Sulawesi island, search and rescue officials said.
The boat sank with 40 people onboard just after midnight local time (1700 GMT on Sunday), the local office of Indonesia's search and rescue agency said in a statement.
Six people were rescued and taken to hospital for treatment, it said, and the cause of the sinking was being investigated.
"Provisionally, there are 19 people who are still being searched for," Muhamad Arafah, head of the local search and rescue agency in Kendari city in Southeast Sulawesi, said in a statement.
"The search will be conducted by dividing into two teams. The first team will dive around the accident site. The second team will conduct a sweep above the water surface around the accident site using a rubberboat and longboat."
It is common in Indonesia for the number of actual passengers on a boat to differ from the manifest.
Marine accidents occur frequently in the Southeast Asian archipelago of around 17,000 islands, where people rely on ferries and small boats to travel around despite poor safety standards.
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