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ABC News
20-07-2025
- ABC News
Five people rescued when boat capsized off Christies Beach
Five people have been pulled from waters south of Adelaide after a boat capsized on Sunday, police say. The alarm was raised just before 11am, with a Surf Life Saving SA vessel launched for the rescue about 1 kilometre from the shore of Christies Beach. A police helicopter and SA Sea Rescue Squadron also helped in the incident. Police said all boat occupants were brought to shore and taken to hospital. Anyone who may have witnessed the incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
The Standard
15-07-2025
- General
- The Standard
Indonesia rescues 11 who swam for hours to survive boat capsize
A rescuer uses a torchlight to search for survivors after a boat capsized on July 14 in Indonesia (AP)
The Independent
15-07-2025
- Climate
- The Independent
Ten missing as boat capsizes off Indonesia's Mentawai islands
Rescuers are racing against time to find the 10 people who went missing after a boat capsized off Indonesia 's Mentawai Islands in West Sumatra province. Eight others were rescued after the boat sank due to bad weather on Monday around 11am local time, Indonesia's national search and rescue agency said. The boat had departed Sikakap, a small town in the Mentawai Islands, and was heading to another small town, Tuapejat. At least 10 government officials were among the 18 people on board the boat, according to reports. 'The boat carried 18 people; eight of them managed to swim ashore with life vests and reached Sikakap Village,' Dhio, an official from the Search and Rescue Agency, told Jakarta Globe. Authorities deployed two boats and dozens of rescuers on Tuesday to find the missing people. The Indonesian authorities were reportedly informed of the accident around 5.40pm local time on Monday, about six hours after the boat sank. Officials from the Mentawai search and rescue agency said the focus was on combing the area around the estimated accident site to find the victims. "Some of the victims were seen floating on the surface, but the team couldn't reach them in time, and they eventually disappeared from sight,' said Mr Dhio, who goes by just his first name as is common with Indonesians. 'We can't disclose the identities of the missing passengers now out of respect for their families' privacy," the official told the newspaper. Boats and ferries are a regular mode of transport in Indonesia, an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands, and accidents are relatively common due to bad weather as well as lax safety standards that often allow vessels to be overloaded. A ferry sank earlier this month near the island of Bali. Of the 65 people on board, 18 died, 30 survived and 17 remain missing. A national-level search, which lasted for around two weeks and involved around 500 people, including rescuers, police, and military personnel, was officially called off on Monday. A provincial-level team will continue to search for the missing people for the next seven days, an official told Reuters. In March, an Australian woman was killed following a boat accident in the rough waters of Bali. In 2018, more than 150 people were killed after a ferry sank in one of the world's deepest lakes on the island of Sumatra.
Al Jazeera
15-07-2025
- Climate
- Al Jazeera
Seven rescued, 11 missing after boat capsizes off Indonesia's Mentawai
Rescuers in Indonesia are searching for 11 people who went missing after a boat capsized in bad weather off the Mentawai Islands in West Sumatra province, according to a local search and rescue agency. Dozens of rescuers and two boats were at the site of the disaster on Tuesday, and seven of the 18 people on board the boat have been rescued, the agency said in a statement. The vessel capsized at about 11am on Monday (04:00 GMT) as it sailed around the Mentawai Islands. It had departed Sikakap, a small town in the Mentawai Islands, and was heading to another small town, Tuapejat. Of 18 people on board, 10 were local government officials. 'Our focus is on combing the area around the estimated accident site to find all victims,' said Rudi, the head of the Mentawai search and rescue agency. He did not give a cause for the boat capsizing, but marine accidents are a regular occurrence in the Southeast Asian archipelago of approximately 17,000 islands, in part due to lax safety standards or bad weather. On July 3, a ferry carrying 65 people sank off the popular resort island of Bali, killing at least 18 people. 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 volcanic lakes on Sumatra island.
CNA
15-07-2025
- General
- CNA
11 missing after boat capsizes in western Indonesia
JAKARTA: At least 11 people are missing after a boat capsized off Indonesia's western island of Sumatra, a local search and rescue agency said in a statement on Tuesday (Jul 15). The vessel reportedly capsized around 11am (12pm, Singapore time) on Monday as it sailed around the Mentawai islands, an archipelago off the west coast of Sumatra, the Mentawai search and rescue agency said. Seven of the 18 people on board the boat were rescued, it said. Rescuers were focusing their search around the location of the accident, said Mentawai search and rescue agency head Rudi, who like many Indonesians goes by one name. "Our focus is on combing the area around the estimated accident site to find all victims," Rudi said in a statement. He did not give a cause for the boat capsizing, but marine accidents are a regular occurrence in the Southeast Asian archipelago of around 17,000 islands, in part due to lax safety standards or bad weather. On Jul 3, a ferry sank off the popular resort island of Bali, killing at least 18 people. In March, a boat carrying 16 people capsized in rough waters off Bali, killing an Australian woman and injuring at least one other person.
