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At least 11 dead after ferry capsizes in Tanjung Pinang
The ferry was carrying about 74 people to the small island of Tanjung Pinang near neighbouring Singapore when it is suspected to have hit a log about 30 minutes after it set sail, officials said.
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This handout picture taken and released on April 28, 2023 by the Indonesia Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) shows rescue workers moving victim's bodies after a passenger boat overturned shortly after leaving Tembilahan port in Indragiri Hilir Regency a day earlier. (AFP/Handout)
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t least 11 people died and one was missing when a ferry capsized off the eastern coast of Sumatra island, the national search and rescue agency said on Friday.
The ferry was carrying about 74 people to the small island of Tanjung Pinang near neighbouring Singapore when it is suspected to have hit a log about 30 minutes after it set sail, officials said.
A search was underway for one person still missing, the rescue agency said, adding that reports were still coming in from witnesses.
Rescuers saved 62 people and found the bodies of mostly women and children after the accident off the coast of western Riau province on Thursday afternoon, local search and rescue agency official Kukuh Widodo said in a statement.
"The capsized boat carried 74 people. Sixty-two survived the incident, 11 are dead, and one other is still being searched for," Pekanbaru national search and rescue agency spokesperson Widodo said Friday.
The speedboat bound for Tanjung Pinang city in the Riau islands capsized shortly after leaving Tembilahan port, located 198 kilometres (123 miles) away in a neighbouring province.
The cause of the accident was still being investigated, the official said.
