TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Tourist boat capsizes in Maluku waters, one passenger still missing
One local passenger was still missing as of Monday evening after a dinghy carrying four Dutch nationals and three Indonesians capsized in Maluku on Saturday.
Change Size
Personnel from the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) look for a passenger after a small boat capsized near Haruku Island in Maluku on Monday. The dinghy capsized on Saturday carrying four Dutch nationals and three Indonesians. (Courtesy of Basarnas Ambon/-)
A
small boat carrying seven tourists capsized in the waters off Haria village on Haruku Island, Maluku, on Saturday afternoon after encountering bad weather and large waves.
Of the seven passengers, four were Dutch students or activists, while the other three were residents of the neighboring Saparua Island.
The Dutch nationals were Orbions Daan, 21; De Koning Gaia Annelee, 21; Van Der Lely Thom Luuk Stephan; and Lafeber Cornelis, 65. The Saparua residents were David Mateos Amahorseja, 49; Nurul Hidayah Wattiheluw, 30; and Lukas Souisa, 60.
Six of the seven passengers were rescued, but Amahorseja, a member of Saniri Negeri Boi from Saparua district, Central Maluku, remained missing as of Monday evening. The joint SAR team and residents were continuing the search.
The boat’s captain Lukas said he had taken the group to Malona Island at 10 a.m. local time. After spending a day enjoying the natural scenery there, the group decided to return to Haria village on the same boat.
However, about 2 kilometers from Malona Island, large waves hit the boat around the waters of Tanjung Sembayang or Batu Burung at around 3:15 p.m.
"When we returned, the weather was bad and the waves were so high that the boat capsized," Lukas said on Monday.
