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At least four people died and 23 were rescued after the sinking Wednesday evening of a ferry carrying 65 people to Bali Island in Indonesia, a local police officer said on Thursday.
(Keystone-ATS) “Twenty-three rescued people, 4 dead,” Rama Samtama Putra, Banyuwangi city chief, in the east of Java is gone to AFP Rama Samtama Putra, where the ferry was left at 07:50 am local time (02:50 in Switzerland). A local rescue agency had previously indicated that 61 people were missing.
According to the list of people embarked by the ferry, “53 passengers and 12 crew members,” said Surabaya’s research and rescue agency in a statement on Thursday, adding that the ship had sank around 11:20 p.m. local (5:20 p.m. in Switzerland).
The ship “also transported 22 vehicles, including 14 trucks,” said the agency.
Maritime accidents regularly occur in Indonesia, a vast archipelago of around 17,000 islands, partly due to lax safety standards.
In March, a boat carrying 16 people capsized in agitated sea conditions off the same tourist island of Bali. An Australian died and at least another person was injured.
In 2018, more than 150 people died when a ferry sunk in Lake Toba, one of the deepest lakes in the world on the island of Sumatra.
