Although Indonesia relies heavily on ferry services, accidents are common due to tendency to overload ferries (File) An Indonesian ferry carrying 250 passengers capsized and sank after being battered by a large wave in bad weather in the country's east on Sunday, officials said. The ferry was about 50 kilometers (30 miles) off Majene, western Sulawesi, when authorities lost contact with it around 2:00 am (1800 GMT Saturday), officials said. Transport Minister Jusman Syafii Djamal said he... [read full story]
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PARE-PARE, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesian disaster investigators are focusing on the weather as the cause of a weekend ferry sinking, an official said, as desperate relatives of the missing chartered boats on Wednesday to...
Reuters - PARE-PARE, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesian disaster investigators are focusing on the weather as the cause of a weekend ferry sinking, an official said, as desperate relatives of the missing chartered boats on...
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PARE-PARE, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesian disaster investigators are focusing on the weather as the cause of a weekend ferry sinking, an official said, as desperate relatives of the missing chartered boats on Wednesday to...
