One killed and 11 missing in ferry sinking off Bintan<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): One child died and eleven other passengers are
\nmissing after a ferry sank off Bintan Island, in Riau province,
\nSaturday afternoon, an official at Telaga Punggur port on Batam
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Ramli Samad was quoted by Antara as saying yesterday that the
\nMV Sentosa 10 was carrying 92 passengers, according to the liner
\nmanifest, and was en route from Telaga Punggur to Tanjung Pinang
\non Bintan when it sank.<\/p>\n
Rescuers saved 91 people plus the five crew members and the
\nship's captain Supoyo. However eleven people were reported
\nmissing by relatives following the accident.<\/p>\n
"Some people came here and claimed that their family members
\nwere also on the ship," Ramli said.<\/p>\n
The ferry's capacity was 150 people; it was operated by P.T.
\nLiba Marindo.<\/p>\n
When the accident took place, Minister of Transportation
\nHaryanto Dhanutirto was in Batam meeting with directors of state-
\nowned companies under his ministry, Antara reported.<\/p>\n
The child who died was three-year-old Andi, according to
\nTanjung Pinang navy base officer Eri Sulistiono. An officer at
\nTelaga Punggur port said the child died of exhaustion.<\/p>\n
Miswadi, an officer with the Tanjung Pinang Search and Rescue
\nsquad, said yesterday that rescue workers were still searching
\nfor other victims. The team stopped searching at 5 p.m. yesterday
\ndue to poor weather and heavy seas.<\/p>\n
The ferry has not yet been found. Miswadi said it might have
\nafter it sank in the nine-meter deep water.<\/p>\n
The survivors of the accident were taken to hospitals in
\nTanjung Pinang and Batam. Supoyo and his crew members, however,
\ndisappeared, according to Ramli, making it difficult for the
\nauthorities to obtain information about why the accident
\noccurred.<\/p>\n
The news agency reported that some passengers said that about
\n15 minutes after the ferry left Batam, the crew ordered the
\npassengers to move to the stern. The ferry's bows then rose out
\nof the water as the vessel slowly sank.<\/p>\n
Some of the passengers jumped into the sea, while others
\nscrambled for life buoys. Supoyo, however, had time to call for
\nhelp through a walkie-talkie. (05)<\/p>",
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