Four dead, 38 missing after ferry sinks in Indonesia - rescuers battle rough sea

At slightest 4 radical died and galore others were missing aft a ferry sank successful unsmooth seas adjacent Indonesia’s Bali land precocious Wednesday (local time), quality bureau AFP reported.The KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya went down astir 30 minutes aft leaving Ketapang larboard successful East Java.

It was headed for Gilimanuk larboard successful Bali, which is astir 50 kilometers away, the National Search and Rescue Agency said successful a connection arsenic cited by the quality bureau Associated Press."23 rescued, 4 dead," Rama Samtama Putra, constabulary main of the East Javan municipality of Banyuwangi was quoted arsenic saying by quality bureau AFP.The ferry was carrying 65 people, 53 passengers and 12 unit members, on with 22 vehicles, including 14 trucks.Search and rescue teams person been operating since Wednesday night. Nine boats, including 2 tugboats and 2 inflatable boats, person been searching for the missing radical successful waves up to 2 meters high.The ferry travel from Java to Bali usually takes astir 1 hr and is commonly utilized by radical traveling betwixt the islands by car. It was not instantly known whether immoderate overseas nationals were connected committee erstwhile the ferry sank.

Indonesia, which has much than 17,000 islands, often relies connected ferries for transportation. Accidents are communal owed to mediocre enforcement of information standards.In March, a vessel with 16 radical connected committee capsized successful unsmooth waters disconnected Bali, resulting successful the decease of an Australian pistillate and injuries to astatine slightest 1 different person.In 2022, a ferry carrying implicit 800 radical ran aground successful shallow waters adjacent East Nusa Tenggara province. It remained stuck for 2 days earlier being freed, with nary reported injuries.In 2018, much than 150 radical died erstwhile a ferry sank successful 1 of the world's deepest lakes connected Indonesia’s Sumatra island.