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19 hours ago
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Indonesian rescuers intensify search for 30 people missing after ferry sinks
GILIMANUK, Indonesia -- Indonesian authorities intensified on Friday a search operation for 30 people missing after a ferry sank near the tourist island of Bali. The KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya sank almost half an hour after leaving Ketapang port in East Java late Wednesday for a trip of about 5 kilometers (3 miles) to Bali's Gilimanuk port. The search and rescue operation was halted Thursday evening due to visibility problems and resumed on Friday morning with more than 160 rescuers including police and soldiers, said Ribut Eko Suyatno, the deputy chief of operations at the National Search and Rescue Agency. Three helicopters and a thermal drone were deployed to conduct an aerial search over the waters of the Bali Strait, while about 20 vessels were mobilized for the sea search, Suyatno said. As weather forecasts predict high waves and rough waters around the Bali Strait on Friday, he said at least three navy ships to being deployed to replace small boats. Videos and photos released by the agency showed rescuers looking desperately from rescue boats in the waters but no new survivors. The agency released the names of 29 survivors and six people confirmed dead late Thursday. It didn't release names of the missing, but according to the passenger manifest there were 30 people missing. On Friday, survivors were being treated at Bali's Jembrana Regional Hospital, while the bodies have been handed over to the families for funerals. Distraught relatives gathered at the port office in Gilimanuk, hoping for news of missing family members. Indonesian authorities are investigating the cause of the accident. Survivors told rescuers there appeared to be a leak in the engine room of the ferry, which was carrying 22 vehicles including 14 trucks. Ferry tragedies occur regularly in Indonesia, an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands, with weak enforcement of safety regulations often to blame. Fifteen people were killed after a boat capsized off Indonesia's Sulawesi in 2023, while another ferry sank in rough seas near Bali in 2021, leaving seven dead and 11 missing. In 2018, an overcrowded ferry sank with about 200 people on board in a deep volcanic crater lake in North Sumatra province, killing 167 people. In one of the country's worst recorded disasters, an overcrowded passenger ship sank in February 1999 with 332 people aboard. There were only 20 survivors. ___
Toronto Star
21 hours ago
- Toronto Star
Indonesian rescuers intensify search for 30 people missing after ferry sinks near Bali
GILIMANUK, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities intensified on Friday a search operation for 30 people missing after a ferry sank near the tourist island of Bali. The KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya sank almost half an hour after leaving Ketapang port in East Java late Wednesday for a trip of about 5 kilometers (3 miles) to Bali's Gilimanuk port.
Washington Post
a day ago
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- 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.
Miami Herald
a day ago
- Miami Herald
Passenger ferry sinks off Bali killing 5 people, 29 unaccounted for
July 3 (UPI) -- At least five people were killed and dozens were missing after a roll-on, roll-off passenger ferry sank in bad weather off the Indonesian tourist island of Bali. The Tunu Pratama Jaya was making a short-3-mile hop across the Bali Strait from Banyuwangi in West Java when it went down with 65 passengers and crew and 22 vehicles on board shortly after 11:30 p.m. local time on Wednesday, according to the Surabaya office of the National Search and Rescue Agency. The agency said that 31 people had been pulled from the water alive, but that the search for survivors was being hampered by stormy conditions with eight-foot waves and strong winds and currents in and around the site of the sinking. The search and rescue operation, which was being followed closely by President Prabowo Subianto from Saudi Arabia, where he is on a state visit, involved more than 50 navy and police personnel, including divers, and a larger rescue vessel deployed from Surabaya. "He immediately ordered the Basarnas ranks and related agencies to promptly carry out emergency response for the rescue of passengers and crew as quickly as possible," Cabinet Secretary Lt. Col. Teddy Indra Wijayain said in a statement. An official said the cause was "bad weather," but the crew reported problems with the vessel's engine and sent out a distress signal shortly before it went down. A passenger manifest released by authorities indicated most of those rescued were residents of the port city of Banyuwangi or other parts of Java. According to the maritime tracking website Vessel Finder, the 242-foot-long Tunu Pratama Jaya was built in 2010 with a gross weight of 792 tons and is Indonesian-flagged. The sea route linking the main Indonesian island of Java with Bali is one of the busiest in the archipelago nation made up of more than 7,000 islands, with ferries the main mode of transport. However, the country's maritime operators have a poor safety record due to patchy enforcement of safety regulations and overcrowding. An Australian woman was killed in March after a vessel capsized off Bali with 16 people on board and at least 15 people were killed in July 2023 when a ferry sank in the Banda Sea on a crossing between two small islands off Sulawesi. In June 2018, three people were killed more than 160 remain missing, presumed dead, after a ferry sank on a lake in Sumatra. Officials said the wooden vessel was loaded to five times its capacity and had just 45 life jackets for the 188 passengers and crew on board. Only 21 people were rescued. Copyright 2025 UPI News Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
UPI
2 days ago
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- UPI
Passenger ferry sinks off Bali killing 5 people, 29 unnaccounted for
Rescuers continued to scour the water for signs of life on Thursday morning, hours after authorities declared a major emergency after a ferry sank with 65 people on board close to the Indonesian island of Bali. Photo by Made Nagi/EPA July 3 (UPI) -- At least five people were killed and dozens were missing after a roll-on-roll passenger ferry sank in bad weather off the Indonesian tourist island of Bali. The Tunu Pratama Jaya was making a short-3-mile hop across the Bali Strait from Banyuwangi in West Java when it went down with 65 passengers and crew and 22 vehicles on board shortly after 11:30 p.m. local time on Wednesday, according to the Surabaya office of the National Search and Rescue Agency. The agency said that 31 people had been pulled from the water alive, but that the search for survivors was being hampered by stormy conditions with eight-foot waves and strong winds and currents in and around the site of the sinking. The search and rescue operation, which was being followed closely by President Prabowo Subianto from Saudi Arabia, where he is on a state visit, involved more than 50 navy and police personnel, including divers, and a larger rescue vessel deployed from Surabaya. "He immediately ordered the Basarnas ranks and related agencies to promptly carry out emergency response for the rescue of passengers and crew as quickly as possible," Cabinet Secretary Lt. Col. Teddy Indra Wijayain said in a statement. An official said the cause was "bad weather," but the crew reported problems with the vessel's engine and sent out a distress signal shortly before it went down. A passenger manifest released by authorities indicated most of those rescued were residents of the port city of Banyuwangi or other parts of Java. According to the maritime tracking website Vessel Finder, the 242-foot-long Tunu Pratama Jaya was built in 2010 with a gross weight of 792 tons and is Indonesian-flagged. The sea route linking the main Indonesian island of Java with Bali is one of the busiest in the archipelago nation made up of more than 7,000 islands, with ferries the main mode of transport. However, the country's maritime operators have a poor safety record due to patchy enforcement of safety regulations and overcrowding. An Australian woman was killed in March after a vessel capsized off Bali with 16 people on board and at least 15 people were killed in July 2023 when a ferry sank in the Banda Sea on a crossing between two small islands off Sulawesi. In June 2018, three people were killed more than 160 remain missing, presumed dead, after a ferry sank on a lake in Sumatra. Officials said the wooden vessel was loaded to five times its capacity and had just 45 life jackets for the 188 passengers and crew on board. Only 21 people were rescued.
