Jet-foil has engine trouble

Jet-foil has engine trouble

SERANG, West Java: A jet-foil with 40 people on board was
adrift in Sunda Strait waters near Tanjung Lesung, Pandeglang
regency, Banten, for several hours yesterday after its engine
stalled.

No casualties occurred and all of the passengers were safely
evacuated, Banten port administrator Jimmy Abubakar Nikijuluw
said.

Antara reported that among the passengers of the Wakatoa were
Director General of Mining Kuntoro Mangkusubroto and Director
General of Geology and Mineral Resources Adjad Sudradjat.

The rescue team, led by head of the National Search and Rescue
Body Admiral Harinto, evacuated the passengers with the help of
the Gunung Batu ship. They were taken to Cidungur in Labuan
district.

The passengers were reportedly members of a team sent to
monitor the activity of Mt. Krakatau.