Indonesia: 15 dead, 19 still missing as ferry capsizes off Sulawesi Island | Oneindia News
An overloaded ferry capsized off Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least 15 people and leaving 19 others missing. The boat was travelling from Lanto village in Buton Central regency in Southeast Sulawesi province to nearby Lagii village when it capsized just after midnight on Monday.
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00:00 An overloaded ferry capsized off Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing at least 15 people
00:06 and leaving 19 others missing.
00:08 The boat was travelling from Lanto village in Bhutan's central regency in south-east
00:12 Sulawesi province to nearby Lagi village when it capsized just after midnight on Monday.
00:18 Out of the 40 passengers on board, 19 were still missing, while six survived, the agency
00:23 said in a statement.
00:24 The cause of the sinking, which occurred at about midnight, is still unclear.
00:28 The search will be conducted by dividing into two teams.
00:31 The first team will dive around the accident site, head of the local search and rescue
00:35 agency in Kindari city in south-east Sulawesi, Mohd.
00:39 Arafa said in a statement.
00:41 The second team will conduct a sweep above the water surface around the accident site
00:45 using a rubber boat and longboat, he added.
00:49 Three rubber boats, two fishing boats and six divers were deployed to search for the
00:53 missing people.
00:54 All the six victims have been identified and handed over to the families, while the survivors
00:58 are now being treated in local hospitals.
01:01 Photos shared by the rescue agency showed victims' bodies covered in cloth on the floor
01:05 of the local hospital.
01:06 Ferries are a common mode of transport in Indonesia, an archipelago of more than 17,000
01:11 islands, and accidents are common as lax safety standards often allow vessels to be overloaded
01:16 without adequate life-saving equipment.
01:19 In 2018, a tragic incident on Lake Toba on Sumatra Island resulted in the drowning of
01:24 192 people when an overloaded ferry overturned and sank.
01:28 However, in May of the following year, a ferry ran aground in waters of East Nusa Tenggara
01:33 province with over 800 passengers on board, resulting in no injuries.
01:37 For more information on the latest incidents, please visit www.isglobal.org.au/isglobal.
01:44 For more information on the latest incidents, please visit www.isglobal.org.au/isglobal.
01:51 For more information on the latest incidents, please visit www.isglobal.org.au/isglobal.
01:58 For more information on the latest incidents, please visit www.isglobal.org.au/isglobal.
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