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July 4, 2018, 13:39 PM

By Reuters

JAKARTA – At least 29 people died after the sinking of a ferry near the island of Sulawesi Indonesia, announced Wednesday rescue teams. A dozen passengers disappeared one day after the last ferry disaster in the country.

A combined image shows the survivors of the KM Lestari Maju boat in the waters of Selayar Island, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, July 3, 2018. Antara Foto / Handout / RelawanBNPB / via REUTERS / Manila Bulletin [19659005] A combined photo shows the survivors of the KM Lestari Maju boat in the waters of Selayar Island, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, July 3, 2018. (Antara Foto / Handout / RelawanBNPB / via REUTERS / Manila Bulletin </p> </div> <p> The sinking of Tuesday comes a few weeks after the sinking of an overcrowded ferry on Lake Toba, one of the deepest volcanic lakes in the world, making more than 200 casualties. </p> <p> The Accident of the day and 41 are still missing 69 more passengers were rescued </p> <p> The ferry was carrying an unknown number of vehicles when it began to fill with water and sank The ship was close to the shore and the captain launched it on a r In order to help relief, said Reuters an official of the Ministry of Transport. </p> <p> Televised images showed Tuesday of dozens of passengers hung on the keel boat. </p> <p> Indonesia suffers frequent shipwrecks, elementary safety rules are often flouted and ships overloaded </p> <p> After the sinking of last month, one of the deadliest since nearly one year ago decade, a search and rescue effort of two weeks. The vessel was located at a depth of 450 m (1500 ft) with victims trapped inside, but technical and logistical difficulties forced the restoration to be canceled </p> <p> Tags: ship wrecked, Indonesia, Sulawesi Island </p> </article></div> <p><script> s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName (s) [0]; if (d.getElementById (id)) returns; js = d.createElement (s); js.id = id; js.src = "http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.9&appId=223579904495456"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore (js, fjs); } (document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); </script></pre> </pre> [ad_2] <br /><a href=Source link

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