At least 15 people have died when a ferry sank off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.
sink a ship
The The ferry had 40 passengers on board As it sank Monday, July 24: Authorities are looking for 19 people who are still missing, Indonesia’s national search and rescue agency confirmed.
You are passengers they were saved and are being hospitalized, the agency said. 15 confirmed deaths.
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The ship has been underway ever since Lanto Villagein the southeastern province of Sulawesi, in the nearby village of Lagili, when it capsized just after midnight on Monday, the head of the local search and rescue agency said Muhammad Arafah.
searches are running
According to the local press, the wooden boat was designed for this Carry a maximum of 20 people.
“The search will be carried out by two teams. The first team will search the crash site,” Muhamad Arafah, head of the local search and rescue agency in the city of Kendari, said in a statement. Southeast Sulawesi.
Searching for the missing in the water
“The second team will conduct a surface survey around the crash site, with dinghy and lifeboat“.
The news programs showed Pictures of people on fishing boats who recovered bodies overnight, and grieving loved ones awaiting information at a local port and hospital.
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Another accident in the water
Thousands of residents went to their villages on Sunday, July 23 Celebrate the ninth anniversary of the regency and many people were transported by fishing boats or boats like the one that sank off the Sulawesi coast.
As Al-Jazeera notes, ferry accidents are not uncommon in Indonesia, the world’s largest archipelagic nation over 17,000 islands.
In 2018 up to 192 people drowned when an overloaded ferry capsized and sank in Lake Toba on the island of Sumatra.
in May 2022, a ferry with more than 800 people on board ran aground in the waters off East Nusa Tenggara province. Nobody was injured in the accident.
On July 11, surf star Mikala Jones was killed in a tragic accident in Indonesia while riding the waves.
The 44 year old he died of exsanguination after a board fin severed a femoral artery. Despite immediate help, nothing could be done for the Hawaiian legend.
Photo source: ANSA