14 killed 12 missing as boat sinks in Indonesia
(MENAFN- Arab News) JAKARTA: A boat sank Sunday in bad weather off eastern Indonesia killing at least 14 people and leaving 12 others missing an official said.
The long wooden boat carrying 35 passengers went down in the waters off Sula islands after it was hit by towering waves in rough weather National Disaster Management Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said.
'Of the 35 passengers nine survived 14 died and 12 are still missing' he said adding that a rescue team comprising of police and military officials were searching for the missing victims.
Provincial disaster official Hasan Ahmad said all the passengers were Indonesian.
'They were traveling from one village to another but faced bad weather along the way' he told AFP.
'There's no foreigner on the boat. We are still trying to find other survivors' he added.
Indonesia relies heavily on boats to connect its more than 17000 islands but has a poor maritime safety record.
Eighteen foreign tourists and five Indonesians survived after their boat hit a reef and sank in stormy weather last month as they were traveling from Lombok island to Komodo island a popular tourist destination.
Two vessels sank in July in different parts of the archipelago as millions traveled for the Muslim Eid holiday leaving at least 36 people dead.
The long wooden boat carrying 35 passengers went down in the waters off Sula islands after it was hit by towering waves in rough weather National Disaster Management Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said.
'Of the 35 passengers nine survived 14 died and 12 are still missing' he said adding that a rescue team comprising of police and military officials were searching for the missing victims.
Provincial disaster official Hasan Ahmad said all the passengers were Indonesian.
'They were traveling from one village to another but faced bad weather along the way' he told AFP.
'There's no foreigner on the boat. We are still trying to find other survivors' he added.
Indonesia relies heavily on boats to connect its more than 17000 islands but has a poor maritime safety record.
Eighteen foreign tourists and five Indonesians survived after their boat hit a reef and sank in stormy weather last month as they were traveling from Lombok island to Komodo island a popular tourist destination.
Two vessels sank in July in different parts of the archipelago as millions traveled for the Muslim Eid holiday leaving at least 36 people dead.
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