Rescuers search for 11 missing after speedboat capsized in western Indonesia
Patang, Indonesia (AP) – Indonesian rescuers were looking for 11 people, including three children, on Tuesday, after a speed boat during a storm before the Mentawai Islands of Indonesia.
Lahmudin, who chaired the local disaster management agency, said that seven people were rescued, including two crew members, and that he was in a stable state after dragging in wavy waters for hours.
After leaving Sikakap, a town in the Mentawai Islands region in Western Sumatra, the boat in the Sipora Strait, the sarcophagus using a single name like many Indonesians. It was connected to the neighboring town Tuapejat, a journey of a shorter than two hours.
The boat carried 16 passengers, mostly local government officials and two crew members. The lost 11 people contained three children and a local parliament.
Lahmudin, “Authorities are still investigating the cause of the accident, but the survivors of the boat was shot by high waves in a sudden storm,” he said.
Rudi, the chief of local search and rescue agency, which was mentioned with a single name, was searched for a rescue vessel and inflatable boat for survivors with the help of fishermen and land people.
The videos published by the National Search and Rescue Agency showed that the search took place when it fell on a night at Rough Seas.
Indonesia is in an option with more than 17,000 islands, where ferries are a widespread travel method. Accidents occur regularly, weak security application is usually accused.
A ferry sank At the beginning of this month near Bali, Indonesia’s holiday island, more than 1000 savior, three navy ships, 15 boats, a helicopters and divers left at least 18 deaths and 17 losses after a two -week search operation on Monday.
