Five Australians among 80 on boat that capsized in Bali

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5 days ago

A speedboat travelling from Nusa Penida to Bali has capsized after being struck by large waves off Sanur in south-east Bali.
Five Australians were on board the boat, which was carrying 80 people when the incident happened at 3pm on Tuesday, local time.
I Nyoman Sidakarya, the head of the rescue agency in Bali's provincial capital Denpasar, said two Chinese nationals were killed and a 23-year-old Indonesian was missing.
The boat was left overturned on a beach near Sanur port follow the incident, according to an AFP journalist at the scene.
On the boat were 73 foreign nationals, two Indonesians and five crew members, the rescue agency in Denpasar said.
Marine accidents are a regular occurrence in Indonesia, a nation of about 17,000 islands, in part due to lax safety standards and sometimes bad weather.
A ferry sank on its way to Bali from eastern Java island last month, killing at least 19 people.
And in March, a boat carrying 16 people capsized in rough waters off Bali, killing an Australian woman and injuring at least one other person.
ABC/AFP