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Jordan News
15-07-2025
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- Jordan News
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)
New Straits Times
14-07-2025
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- New Straits Times
Indonesian rescuers locate wreck of capsized ferry as search continues
BANYUWANGI (East Java): Indonesian rescuers have located the wreckage of the Tunu Pratama Jaya ferry, which capsized in the Bali Strait on July 2. Indonesian news agency Antara reported that the vessel was discovered lying upside down on the seabed by an underwater search team on Saturday. Seventeen people are still missing. According to the National Search and Rescue Agency (Bansarnas) deputy for Search and Rescue Operations and Preparedness, Ribut Eko Suyatno, visual images of the sunken ferry were also captured during the underwater mission. The findings will be formally reported to Basarnas and the Indonesian Ministry of Transportation. On Saturday, a separate land-based team recovered another victim — a woman — whose body was found by a fisherman around 4km offshore near Pengambengan Village in Bali's Jembrana district. Banyuwangi police chief Senior Commissioner Rama Samtama Putra, who led the land search effort, confirmed the body had been handed over to the local authorities for identification. The ferry, carrying 53 passengers, 12 crew members, and 22 vehicles, departed Ketapang Port in East Java at 10.56pm and capsized en route to Gilimanuk Port in Bali approximately 40 minutes later. As of Saturday evening, the search and rescue team had confirmed 18 deaths, with 30 people rescued and 17 still unaccounted for. Basarnas has since extended the search operation until today, citing humanitarian considerations, after an earlier three-day extension ended on July 11. Suyatno said the agency would reassess the situation before deciding on any further extensions.
NDTV
04-07-2025
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- NDTV
Indonesian Rescuers Widen Search For Missing 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 (3.2-mile) crossing from eastern Java island to Bali when it tilted and sank in bad weather late Wednesday, witnesses and officials said. As of Friday evening, 30 people were still missing after 29 were rescued from the water on Thursday, with no more survivors found since, Rama Samtama Putra, police chief of Banyuwangi in East Java, where the boat departed, told AFP. 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. 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. In 2018, more than 150 people drowned when a ferry sank in one of the world's deepest lakes on Sumatra island.
Sharjah 24
03-07-2025
- Sharjah 24
At least 4 dead, dozens missing after ferry sinks on way to Bali
Rescuers were still racing to find missing people 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. "23 rescued, 4 dead," Rama Samtama Putra, Police Chief of Banyuwangi in East Java, where the boat departed, said. The local rescue agency in the Javan city Surabaya had earlier said 61 were missing and four rescued, without giving a cause for the boat's sinking. "The ferry's manifest data totalled 53 passengers and 12 passenger crews," it said.
MTV Lebanon
03-07-2025
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- MTV Lebanon
Watch: Ferry Sinks Off Coast With Casualties Reported
At least four people have died and 23 others have been rescued after a ferry sank off the coast of Indonesia's Bali island. Rescuers continue to search for 38 people still missing at sea following the incident. According to a statement by the National Search and Rescue Agency, the ferry KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya sank roughly half an hour after departing from Ketapang Port in East Java late in the day. The ferry was en route to Gilimanuk Port in Bali, a journey of about 50 kilometers (30 miles). The statement added that the vessel was carrying 53 passengers, 12 crew members, and 22 vehicles, including 14 trucks. Banyuwangi Police Chief Rama Samtama Putra said many of those rescued were initially unconscious after drifting in rough waters for hours.
