Indonesia: 178 missing in ferry disaster

[The Caspian Hare]

http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2151565/indonesia-raises-number-missing-ferry-sinking-166-almost

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Distraught relatives slammed Indonesia’s government for not enforcing basic safety measures on passenger boats and pleaded on Wednesday for a bigger search effort for more than 190 people presumed drowned after a ferry sank on a picturesque Sumatran lake early this week.

 

[The Caspian Hare]

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/underwater-drone-finds-bodies--motorcycles-from-sunken-indonesia-ferry-10483336

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JAKARTA: Search teams using an underwater drone have found human remains and motorcycles believed to be from an Indonesian ferry that sank last week in one of the world's deepest volcanic lakes.

The KM Sinar Bangun, a 17-metre long wooden ferry, capsized during a storm and sank in Lake Toba, which is around 450m deep. Three passengers have been confirmed dead and nearly 200 are missing.

Many passengers are believed to have been trapped inside the overloaded ferry, but the depth of the lake on the island of Sumatra and diving conditions have complicated efforts to recover their remains.

 

Looks like most are lost ... sad