Ferry victims' bodies recovered

Ferry victims' bodies recovered

EAST LOMBOK, West Nusa Tenggara: Search and Rescue teams over
the weekend found only five more bodies of the 32 passengers
listed as missing when the ill-fated Bahana Nusantara sank in the
Alas Strait on Thursday evening.

"The rescue team found five bodies floating near the scene of
the accident, bringing the total number of bodies recovered to
10," Zainal, a Kayangan port official, said yesterday.

The ferry, carrying 94 people and 17 vehicles, sank about one
hour out of Kayangan port on the island of Lombok.

Fifty two passengers were saved.

Antara reported that the five bodies recovered yesterday had
been identified as Nafisah and Ayu Sundari from Sumbawa Besar, H.
Nasrudin from Kediri, West Lombok; Yogi Martop from Praya,
Central Lombok, and the body of a women who has yet to be
identified.

Officials have also yet to identify the five bodies found on
Friday.

The search and rescue team consists of representatives of the
Indonesian Navy, the seaborne unit of the provincial police,
members of local diving clubs and fishermen.

"We will do our best and ask the national search and rescue
team to help find the remaining victims," East Lombok district
head H.M. Sadir said.