Indonesia: 4 Dead, 38 Missing in Ferry Sinking Incident - Jordan News
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Video: Ferry fire leaves 3 killed near Sulawesi, Indonesia
Published July 21st, 2025 - 06:21 GMT ALBAWABA - Indonesian officials said on Monday that three people were killed and 568 others were saved after a huge fire that broke out at a ferry off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. When the fire erupted on the ferry, passengers jumped into the sea to save their lives as they wore lifejackets. According to the Indonesian coast guard, the KM Barcelona 5 was heading to Manado when the fire broke out on Sunday. People jumping into the sea after a ferry fire near Sulawesi, Indonesia. (X) Videos were shared on social media showing huge smoke rising from the Indonesian ferry, and showing people jumping off the ship to save their lives. "Until now, the joint rescue team is still conducting the search and rescue operation because the data is still developing," Manado rescue agency head George Leo Mercy Randang said to AFP. George Leo Mercy Randang added, "Our post is still open 24 hours a day, in case families want to report about their missing relative." © 2000 - 2025 Al Bawaba (
Jordan News
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Indonesia: 4 Dead, 38 Missing in Ferry Sinking Incident - Jordan News
Indonesia: 4 Dead, 38 Missing in Ferry Sinking Incident At least four people have died and 38 others remain missing after a ferry bound for the Indonesian tourist island of Bali sank, according to Indonesian police on Thursday. اضافة اعلان According to the Indonesian news agency Antara, the police chief of Banyuwangi city in East Java, Rama Samtama Putra, stated that as of 7:50 a.m. Thursday, 23 people had been rescued and four confirmed dead. He added that 38 others are still missing, noting that rescue teams are racing against time to locate them. The ferry was carrying 65 people — 53 passengers and a crew of 12 — when it sank last night, according to the Search and Rescue Agency in Surabaya, Indonesia's second-largest city. Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto ordered the activation of an emergency response plan, pointing to "bad weather conditions" as the cause of the incident. Authorities immediately deployed a search and rescue team and inflatable rescue boats to the site. The agency also reported that the ferry was transporting 22 vehicles, including 14 trucks. Rescue teams have said that the exact number of passengers on board has not yet been confirmed. — (Petra)
Roya News
04-07-2025
- Roya News
30 still missing: Indonesian rescuers widen search after ferry sinks
Hundreds of Indonesian rescuers widened their search for dozens of missing people Friday after a ferry sank in rough seas on the way to the resort island of Bali, with six bodies recovered. The ferry carrying at least 65 people, including passengers and crew, was making a five-kilometre crossing from eastern Java island to Bali when it tilted and sank in bad weather late Wednesday, witnesses and officials said. As of Friday morning, 30 people were still missing after 29 were plucked from the water to safety. Rescuers said one of the six found dead was a three-year-old boy. Tearful survivors described their horror when the ship went down, including one man who lost his wife. "I was joking around with my wife. And then... the ferry tilted. The accident was very fast," Febriani, who like many Indonesians has one name, told AFP late Thursday. "I resigned my fate... and asked God to save my wife. It turned out... my wife died but I survived," said the 27-year-old, welling up with tears. "I jumped with my wife. I managed to get back up but my wife slipped away." Rescuers carried out searches by sea and air on Friday, expanding their efforts along the coastlines of eastern Java and Bali, national search and rescue agency operations official Ribut Eko Suyatno told reporters. "The land search rescue unit... we ask to comb through the Ketapang beach from north to south. Also likewise for Gilimanuk," he said. But as of Friday afternoon, no further victims had been found. "From the communication that we received, it's still zero (victims found) from the search," Yudi, a captain of one of the deployed rescue vessels, told broadcaster Metro TV. The ferry passage from Java's Ketapang port to Gilimanuk port on Bali -- one of the busiest crossings in the country -- takes around one hour and is often used by people travelling between the islands with a car. Local rescue officials said the KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya vessel sank 25 minutes into its journey. At least 306 rescuers were deployed Friday for the search effort, the Java-based Surabaya search and rescue agency said. Bad weather The search was temporarily halted overnight and resumed around 8:00 am (0000 GMT) Friday in Bali. Rescuers had deployed inflatable boats, larger rescue vessels and a helicopter to aid the search on Thursday, made up of dozens of personnel, including navy and police officers. At least four survivors were found early on Thursday after saving themselves by climbing into the ferry's lifeboat. Initial search efforts were hampered by bad weather, with waves as high as 2.5 metres (8 feet) and strong winds. The ferry's manifest showed 53 passengers and 12 crew members but it is common in Indonesia for the actual number of passengers on a boat to differ from that document. Marine accidents are a regular occurrence in Indonesia, a Southeast Asian archipelago nation of around 17,000 islands, in part due to lax safety standards and sometimes due to bad weather. In March, a boat carrying 16 people capsized in rough waters off Bali, killing an Australian woman and injuring at least one other person.
