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Malay Mail
11-07-2025
- Malay Mail
Malaysian victim identified in Bali Strait ferry tragedy
KUALA LUMPUR, July 11 — A 55-year-old Malaysian national named Fauzey Awang was among three victims of the KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya ferry disaster whose identities were confirmed yesterday, after nine days of search and rescue operations. The Malaysian citizen was found in the waters off Perancak Beach, Bali, wearing blue jeans, a black and red checkered shirt, and Converse shoes. His body was among those brought to Blambangan Regional Hospital in Banyuwangi for forensic identification procedures conducted by the National Police's Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) team. The first victim, listed as casualty number 41, was identified as Novan Hardiansyah, a 14-year-old resident of Singojuruh, Banyuwangi, whose body was discovered on Wednesday near Pebuahan Beach wearing a black shirt and blue shorts. The second identified victim, casualty number 43, was Sofian Wibowo, an 18-year-old from Banjarnegara, Central Java, found at night in the waters off Perpat Sembulungan Beach, also wearing a black shirt and blue denim shorts. The search and rescue operation, led by the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS), has been ongoing for nine days involving multiple government agencies, military and police units, state-owned enterprises, and local fishing communities working together despite challenging weather conditions. The Indonesian Navy's KRI Spica 934 has employed detection equipment to measure underwater currents and scan objects on the seabed, obtaining visual images of an object at a depth of approximately 49-52m that measures 67.4m in length and 12m in width. Search teams noted highly variable current conditions in the area, with currents reaching speeds exceeding 3 knots when attempting to lower cameras deeper, significantly complicating further scanning procedures. As of the latest report, 45 of the 65 victims from the KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya ferry disaster have been located, with 30 people found alive and 15 confirmed dead, while search operations continue for the remaining 20 missing passengers.
ABC News
03-07-2025
- General
- ABC News
Indonesian rescuers set to resume search for survivors of ferry sinking
Indonesian rescuers have temporarily halted a search for 29 people still missing after a ferry carrying 65 people sank near Bali. The rescuers called off the search on Thursday evening due to a "visibility problem", Nanang Sigit, the head of East Java rescue agency said, adding that 29 people had been rescued so far. The search for the missing had been hampered by strong currents and winds. Mr Sigit said the operation would resume on Friday morning, with more than 160 rescuers, including police and military personnel, deployed to conduct the search backed by four vessels and several helicopters. "But right now we are focusing on the surface of the water first." The national search and rescue agency said six people were confirmed dead. The bodies of a three-year-old boy and his mother were recovered on Thursday afternoon. The KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya sank almost half an hour after leaving East Java province's Banyuwangi port on its way to Bali late on Wednesday. The boat was carrying 53 passengers and 12 crew members, as well as 22 vehicles. Many of those rescued were unconscious after drifting in choppy waters for hours, Banyuwangi Police Chief Rama Samtama Putra said. The passengers were all Indonesian, the transport ministry said. One of the survivors, Eko Toniansyah, 25, who lost his father, told Reuters the ferry suddenly began sinking and tilting, causing panic among all the passengers, who scrambled for life vests. Another survivor, Bejo Santoso, 52, said strong waves caused the ferry to sway about 30 minutes after it left port. Dozens of people prepared to jump as the ferry began to sink, Mr Santoso said. Ferries are a common mode of transport in Indonesia, an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands, and accidents are common as lax safety standards often allow vessels to be overloaded without adequate life-saving equipment. A small ferry capsized near Indonesia's Sulawesi island in 2023, killing at least 15 people. AP/Reuters
Washington Post
03-07-2025
- General
- Washington Post
At least 5 dead after ferry sinks on its way to Bali
An Indonesian ferry carrying at least 65 passengers sank in the Bali Strait Wednesday night, leaving at least five people dead and more than 30 missing, according to local reports and Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency, Basarnas. The death toll is expected to rise and the exact number of passengers remains uncertain. The ferry was traveling from Ketapang Port in Banyuwangi, Jaava, to Gilimanuk in Bali, according to the Indonesian Outlet Jakarta Post. It sank less than 30 minutes into its journey at around 11:20 p.m. local time. Footage shared by Basarnas of the nighttime search operation showed rescuers using flashlights to survey the surface of the water. The search, which faced difficulties overnight due to weather conditions, continued Thursday. Basarnas did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the search efforts. Survivors are receiving medical treatment and will be transported to their hometowns, I Nyoman Sidakarya, the head of Basarnas, Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency, told the Jakarta Post, a newspaper in Indonesia's capital. Some survivors will be accompanied by Inland Waterway and Ferry Transport Gilimanuk officials, Sidakarya said. Images from Gilimanuk showed a group of about a dozen survivors waiting to get their blood drawn while officials gathered around them. The exact number of survivors has not yet been counted. It's unclear what caused the ferry — a red-and-white vessel dubbed the Tunu Pratama Jaya — to sink. At the time of the incident, sea conditions were hazardous with high waves and severe winds, the Jakarta Post reported. 'The ferry could not be contacted via radio from the beginning. Then it could be contacted by other ships from the same company. But the ship was already in a tilting condition,' Surabaya Search and Rescue head Nanang Sigit said in a statement, the AP reported. Crowds gathering at a reunion center Thursday, waiting tensely for news of relatives. Indonesia's National Armed Forces have provided vessels, aircraft and a diving team to assist in the effort to locate the missing passengers. Kristomei Sianturi, a spokesman for the Indonesian Navy's Eastern Fleet Command, said they had deployed additional maritime resources as well, the Jakarta Post reported. Indonesia has a long history of ferry disasters on its crowded waterways. The world's fourth largest country by population, spread across more than 17,000 islands, it sees a high volume of ferry traffic, and boats are sometimes loaded with passengers beyond their official manifests.
CNA
03-07-2025
- CNA
5 dead, 29 missing after ferry sinks on way to Indonesia's Bali
DENPASAR: At least five people were dead and dozens unaccounted for on Thursday (Jul 3) after a ferry sank on its way to the resort island of Bali, according to local authorities who said 31 survivors had been plucked from the water so far. Rescuers were racing to find the 29 people still missing at sea after the KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya sank after leaving East Java province's Banyuwangi port late on Wednesday. According to Indonesia's search and rescue agency, BASARNAS, the ship sank at around 11.20pm local time, about 25 minutes after setting off. The boat was carrying 53 passengers and 12 crew members, as well as 22 vehicles. There has been no official statement on the nationalities of the passengers, but a manifest list broadcast by news channel MetroTV indicated there were no foreigners on board. "The ferry tilted and immediately sank," survivor Eka Toniansyah told reporters at a Bali hospital. "Most of the passengers were from Indonesia. I was with my father. My father is dead." Another survivor, Supardi, recounted how water rushed into the ship. 'When the ferry started to tilt, I initially intended to jump into the sea, but the ship quickly sank, so I did not jump any more but sank with the water entering the ship, maybe about 7m deep, so I immediately climbed up to the top,' the 64-year-old said. Java-based Surabaya search and rescue agency head Nanang Sigit told AFP that a fifth victim was found dead on Thursday afternoon. "Thirty-one victims were found safe, five died, 29 people are still being searched for," Nanang said. President Prabowo Subianto, who was on a trip to Saudi Arabia, ordered an immediate emergency response, Cabinet secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya said in a statement Thursday, adding the cause of the accident was "bad weather". Nanang said earlier on Thursday that efforts to reach the boat were initially hampered by adverse weather conditions that have since cleared up. Waves as high as 2.5m with "strong winds and strong currents" had affected the rescue operation, he said. A rescue team of at least 54 personnel, including those from the navy and police, were dispatched along with inflatable rescue boats, while a bigger vessel was later sent from Surabaya city to assist the search efforts. Indonesia's national search and rescue agency chief Mohammad Syafii told a news conference that the agency sent a helicopter to help the effort. FOLLOWING CURRENTS Nanang said rescuers would follow currents and expand the search area if there were still unaccounted for people by the end of the day. "For today's search, we are still focusing on search above the water where initial victims were found," the Surabaya search and rescue chief said. The ferry's manifest showed 53 passengers and 12 crew members, he said, but rescuers were still assessing if there were more people onboard. It is common in Indonesia for the actual number of passengers on a boat to differ from the manifest. The ferry crossing from Ketapang port in Java's Banyuwangi regency to Bali's Gilimanuk port - one of the busiest in Indonesia - is around 5km as the crow flies and takes around one hour. It is often used by people crossing between the islands by car. Four of the known survivors saved themselves by using the ferry's lifeboat and were found in the water early on Thursday, the rescue agency said. Marine accidents are a regular occurrence in Indonesia, a Southeast Asian archipelago 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. A ferry carrying more than 800 people ran aground in shallow waters off East Nusa Tenggara province in 2022 and remained stuck for two days before being dislodged with no one hurt. And in 2018, more than 150 people drowned when a ferry sank in one of the world's deepest lakes on Sumatra island.
News24
03-07-2025
- News24
Race on to rescue 38 still missing after 4 die in Bali ferry sinking
At least four people were dead and dozens unaccounted for Thursday after a ferry sank on its way to the resort island of Bali, according to local authorities who said 23 survivors had been plucked from the water so far. Rescuers were racing to find 38 missing people in rough seas after the vessel carrying 65 passengers sank before midnight on Wednesday as it sailed to the popular holiday destination from Indonesia's main island Java. 'Twenty-three rescued, four dead,' Rama Samtama Putra, police chief of Banyuwangi in East Java, where the boat departed, told AFP. President Prabowo Subianto, who was on a trip to Saudi Arabia, ordered an immediate emergency response, cabinet secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya said in a statement Thursday, adding the cause of the accident was 'bad weather'. READ | Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcanic eruption grounds Bali flights as passenger safety remains paramount Java-based Surabaya search and rescue agency head Nanang Sigit confirmed the same figures in a statement, and said efforts to reach the boat were initially hampered by adverse weather conditions that have since cleared up. Waves as high as 2.5m with 'strong winds and strong currents' had affected the rescue operation, he said. The agency had earlier said 61 people were missing and four rescued, without giving a cause for the boat's sinking. 'KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya... sank about 25 minutes after weighing anchor,' it said. 'The ferry's manifest data totalled 53 passengers and 12 passenger crews.' AFP A rescue team of at least 54 personnel including from the navy and police were dispatched along with inflatable rescue boats, while a bigger vessel was later sent from Surabaya city to assist the search efforts. The ferry crossing from Ketapang port in Java's Banyuwangi regency to Bali's Gilimanuk port - one of the busiest in Indonesia - is around 5km as the crow flies and takes around one hour. It is often used by people crossing between the islands by car. Four of the known survivors saved themselves by using the ferry's lifeboat and were found in the water early on Thursday, the rescue agency said. It said the ferry was also transporting 22 vehicles, including 14 trucks. It was unclear if any foreigners were onboard when the ferry sank. Rescuers said they were still assessing if there were more people onboard than the ferry's manifest showed. It is common in Indonesia for the actual number of passengers on a boat to differ from the manifest. Marine accidents are a regular occurrence in Indonesia, a Southeast Asian archipelago 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. A ferry carrying more than 800 people ran aground in shallow waters off East Nusa Tenggara province in 2022 and remained stuck for two days before being dislodged with no one hurt. And in 2018, more than 150 people drowned when a ferry sank in one of the world's deepest lakes on Sumatra island.
