On this photo released by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) Rescuers search for victims after a ferry on their way to the resort island of Bali Sank on Thursday from Ketapang, East Java, Indonesia.
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Jakarta, Indonesia – Reders searched for 32 people on Thursday after a ferry that dropped near Bali in Indonesia last night. Four bodies have been restored and the weather conditions were improved in the morning and the search for survivors helped.
So far, 29 people have been saved, according to the National Search and Rescue Agency.
Family members came to the port of departure in panic, some cry, because they were looking for reassurance about their loved ones and hoped they were among the survivors.
Nine boats, including two tugboats and two inflatable boats, as well as local fishermen and people looking for people. Strong waves up to 2 meters (6.5 feet) high and the darkness had maintained the search at night, but a rescue officer said that improved weather conditions and sea conditions made it easier for rescuers to continue the search for the missing victims.
The KMP-Tunu Pratama Jaya fell almost half an hour after leaving the port of Ketapang in the city of Banyuwangi in the east of Java at the end of Wednesday, on the way to Bali’s Gilimanuk-Haven, a journey of 50 kilometers (30 miles).
The ferry wore 53 passengers, 12 crew members and 22 vehicles, including 14 trucks, said the National Search and Rescue Agency in a statement.
The sinking of the ferry was seen by the officer employed in the port before it was reported to the rescue team.
“The ferry could not be contacted via the radio from the start. Then it could be contacted by other ships of the same company. But the ship was already in a tilt state,” said Nanang Sigit, head of Surabaya Search and Rescue Agency, in a statement.
“For today’s search, we focus on searching on the water, because the first victims were found in the water between the location of the accident to the port of Gilimanuk,” said Sigit.
Many of those rescued were unconsciously in turbulent waters after hours, said Banyuwangi Police Chief Rama Samtama Putra.
Ferry tragedies are customary in Indonesia, an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands, where ferries are often used as regulations for transport and safety can be canceled.
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