Star online, Tuesday, 2 Jan 2018
Jakarta: At least eight people died and several others remain missing after a passenger boat capsized off the coast of Borneo, an official said, in the latest deadly maritime accident in Indonesia.
The ferry was carrying some 45 people when it sank just minutes after leaving Tanjung Selor in North Borneo province yesterday, said Gusti Anwar Mulyadi, a senior official of the local search and rescue agency.
So far 33 people have been rescued and navy personnel have been dispatched to search for the remaining passengers, but he said high waves are impeding operations.
“We don’t know yet what had caused the accident and how exactly it happened. But we’ll try to figure that out and are now focusing on finding the remaining passengers,” Gusti Anwar said.
It is the latest boat accident in the vast Indonesian archipelago, which relies heavily on boats to ferry people around its 17,000 islands, but has a patchy safety record. — AFP
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