According to International news, an overloaded passenger vessel reportedly capsized off Sulawesi Island in Indonesia, taking the lives of 15 individuals.
However, the 33 other passengers survive.
The ship sailed from Lanto village based in Buton Central regency of Southeast Sulawesi province to Lagili village when it capsized sometime after midnight on Monday, Muhammad Arafah, the local search and rescue agency’s head, informed.
As explained, the operation was eventually called off when officials determined that all those on board had been accounted for. Muhammad Arafah said twenty-seven individuals managed to survive but had not been reported earlier as they went home. Three inflatable boats, six expert divers, and two fishing boats were used as the search was underway.
On Sunday, thousands of residents travelled to their villages to celebrate the regency’s ninth anniversary, and many were transported by fishing or passenger boats.
In 2018, an overcrowded ferry with about 200 individuals sank in a lake in the North Sumatran province, killing 167 people. In one of the nation’s worst-recorded disasters, an overcrowded passenger vessel submerged in 1999 (February) with 332 individuals onboard. Only 20 individuals managed to survive.
