29 dead in the sinking of a ferry, 41 people missing

At least 29 people, including children, have died in the sinking of a ferry off the Indonesian coast, and 41 are missing, according to a new report from local authorities on Wednesday. About 70 pbadengers were rescued by rescuers who continued their search on Wednesday for other survivors.

The boat was surprised by high winds and high waves. The 48-meter boat connected Celebes Island to the nearby island of Selayar when it was surprised by high winds and high waves. Images of the wreckage showed pbadengers clinging to one side of the Lestari KM sinking, so waves crashed on trucks and other vehicles on the boat about 300 meters off the coast of Celebes.

Back shipwreck the week last. This accident occurred the same day as the announcement of the end of searches of 164 people missing after another ferry sank last week on the island of Sumatra, in Lake Toba, tourist water body and one of the deepest in the world. Only the death of three pbadengers was confirmed, while 21 survived. Regarding the sinking on Tuesday, a fleet of small boats tried to save the pbadengers because the bad weather prevented larger vessels from approaching, said the Department of Transport.

Boats often overloaded. "The last pbadengers on board were evacuated around midnight," on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, said a ministry official in a statement. "The captain and owner of the boat were the last to leave the ferry," he said, adding that the rescuers were continuing their search to find survivors. Shipping by boat is very common to connect the 17,000 islands and islets of Indonesia, a country in Southeast Asia where fatal accidents are frequent because of low safety measures and often overloaded boats.