Tag: Eastern island of Sulawesi

Indonesia continues search for 70 missing ferry passengers

The search for the people missing after a ferry sank off Indonesia’s eastern island of Sulawesi in stormy waters entered its fifth day on Wednesday (December 23). The fate of as many as 70 people remains unknown. Seven people have been reported dead, and 41 pulled out alive from rough seas by rescue teams, Alamsyah, the chief of the Disaster Mitigation Agency in the island’s Wajo regency, told Reuters. Helicopters, fishing vessels and rubber dinghies […]