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Three dozen deaths in a ferry accident in Indonesia
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Published:
23:04 EDT, 3 July 2018
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Updated:
7:49 am EDT, July 4, 2018
The KM Lestari was carrying about 190 people and dozens of vehicles when it failed Tuesday afternoon about 300 meters from the coast of Sulawesi [19659008] Nearly three dozen people died after the grounding of a ferry off the coast Indonesian, according to an official report updated Wednesday, the last fatal maritime accident in the archipelago of Southeast Asia
. 190 people when the damage to his hull forced the captain to immobilize the ship Tuesday afternoon about 300 meters from the island of Selayar, near the largest island of Sulawesi. 19659009] The images of the scene showed terrified pbadengers hung on the edge of the ferry, while others floated in the sea waiting for help.
Waves submerged the deck of the boat, sweeping trucks and other vehicles on the ferry.
The Indonesian Disaster Agency said that 34 people had died in the accident while 155 pbadengers had been rescued, she adds.
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added that most of the pbadengers carried the life.
"The captain and the owner of the ship were the last two people to get off the ship," said Agus H. Purnomo, a director of the Department of Transportation, in a statement. 59009] The 48-meter vessel sailed from Sulawesi to the nearby island of Selayar when strong winds and violent waves damaged her port hull and began to take water.
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Waves submerged the deck of the boat, carrying trucks and other vehicles into the sea, while rescuers struggled against high winds and rough seas to pull off the victims
"If the boat was not airworthy, agains "The Minister of Transport Budi Karya Sumadi told reporters in Makbadar, the capital of South Sulawesi
The ship was also carrying some $ 2 million rupees intended for a Selayar bank branch to pay a bonus to local officials.
Money was removed from the boat on Wednesday, still neatly packaged in seven burlap sacks
The deadly incident occurred the very same day Authorities have officially canceled the search for more than 160 people missing after another ferry sank, a volcanic lake in Sumatra two weeks ago.
It was thought that the navi He operated illegally without demonstrating and without a lifejacket when he disappeared into the depths of Lake Toba, a scenic tourist spot.
It is thought that many of them are trapped inside the sunken ship at the bottom of one of the deepest lakes in the world, which plunges 500 meters into places.
Deadly shipping accidents are not uncommon ndonesia, where many people depend on boats to bypbad the 17,000 island nations despite lax safety standards.
More than 300 people reportedly drowned in 2009 when a ferry allegedly sank between the Sulawesi and Borneo islands.
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