Dozens missing after ferry sinks off Bali

At least four people died and dozens of losses A ferry, Indonesia’s tourist island after the sinking from the island of Bali, he said.

The National Search and Rescue Agency Surahaya Office carried 53 passengers and 12 crew members on Wednesday from Banyuwangi on the eastern coast of Java Island to Bali.

In the early hours of Thursday, there are four passengers on a lifeguard boat, while the more surviving quest continues.

Photographs published by Antara News Agency, waiting and residents showed ambulances waiting for updates on the roadside.

Authorities are investigating the cause of sinking.

The ferry operator told the local media that the ship reported the engine problem shortly before the sinking.

The route of the ship is usually used by the locals between the Java and Bali islands.

The search and rescue team of Suraba said the four survivors were the inhabitants of Banyuwangi.

Marine accidents are common in Indonesia, an expanding team of approximately 17,000 islands, where unequal implementation of security arrangements is a long -standing concern.

A Australian woman died in March after she became alabora with 16 people from Bali in March.