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42 still missing in Batam boat accident
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Aftermath: The Riau Islands Police and the police's Bhayangkara Hospital officers collect fingerprints of passengers that survived a boat accident in Tanjung Bembang waters, Nongsa, Batam, on Nov.2. The police continue their investigation into the case and are identifying deceased victims. (JP/Fadli)
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he second day of a search and rescue (SAR) mission to rescue more victims in a capsized boat accident in Batam, Riau Islands, turned up with nothing on Thursday, as the SAR team failed to locate any of the 42 missing passengers of the ill-fated boat.
A boat carrying 98 passengers, comprising illegal Indonesian migrant workers and their families, and three crew members sank in Tanjung Bembang waters, Nongsa, Batam, early on Wednesday.
The latest data showed that 18 people had been found dead, 41 survived and the rest were missing, including a crew member identified only by the initial D.
(Read also: Only 7 Batam boat accident victims identified)
“As of the second day, the SAR team was still unable to find the missing passengers,” Riau Islands spokesperson Adj. Sr. Comr. Erlangga told The Jakarta Post on Thursday evening.
Two other crew members identified as another D and H, survived the accident. Both attempted to escape from police investigation, but the police arrested D in the provincial capital of Tanjungpinang. H, meanwhile, remains at large.
“We will bring him [D] tomorrow [Friday] to show us the coordinate where the boat sank,” Erlangga said. (hwa)
