Boat capsizes: Four missing

Boat capsizes: Four missing

MAUMERE, East Nusa Tenggara: Four people were missing after a
tourist boat was overturned near Rinca Island on its way from
Bima in West Nusa Tenggara to Komodo Island on Sunday.

As of Monday evening the search for the missing passengers
continued, local daily Pos Kupang reported on Tuesday.

The boat, Komodo Plus, was carrying 11 people, including two
Americans, when strong winds overturned it.

Police and rescue workers were hampered by the absence of
speed boats.

Three of the passengers were found on Rinca Island's shore by
crew from the Cengkih Afo ferry, while the two Americans were
found on nearby Tala Island. It was unclear where two other
survivors were located.

Spokesman of the tourist company PT Grand Komodo Tours,
Lorens, told the daily that the seven passengers were receiving
medical treatment for physical and mental exhaustion. (yac)