On Thursday, rescuers searched for 43 people who missed in rough seas after a ferry with 65 people near the Resort Island Bali in Indonesia.
The KMP -Tunu -Pratama Jaya fell almost half an hour after leaving the Ketapang port of East Java at the end of Wednesday, said the National Search and Rescue Agency in a statement. It was on the way to Bali’s Gilimanuk-Haven, a 30-miles journey.
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On this photo released by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) Reders is looking for victims after a ferry on their way to the resort island of Bali Sank from Ketapang, East Java, Indonesia, early Thursday, July 3, 2025. (Basarnas via AP)
The ferry wore 53 passengers, 12 crew members and 22 vehicles, including 14 trucks, said it.
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Two bodies were recovered and 20 were saved, many of them unconscious after hours in turbulent waters, said Banyuwangi Police Chief Rama Samtama Putra.
Ferry disasters are common in Indonesia, whose flag is depicted here. (Maksim Konstantinov/Sopa images/Lighttrocket via Getty images)
Nine boats, including two tugboats and two inflatable boats, have been looking for the missing people since Wednesday evening and fighting waves up to 6.5 feet high in the night darkness.
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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.
