Thirteen sailors still missing

Thirteen sailors still missing

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Thirteen sailors on the KM Sinar
Samudra freighter, which capsized in the Linta Strait off Flores
Island on Sunday, were still missing as of yesterday.

Rescue workers have only found three crewmen who survived the
rough sea on a sampan, head of the province's Transportation
Office, JM Sitepu, told Antara.

Sitepu said the Search and Rescue agency is still looking for
the missing sailors.

The ship was sailing toward Waipangu, Eastern Sumba, from
Surabaya, from where it had set sail on Thursday. (emb)