10 tourists missing as boat sinks in Indonesia
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TEN foreign tourists were missing yesterday after a boat traveling between islands in eastern Indonesia sank, while 10 others had been rescued, search and rescue officials said.
Five Indonesians, the boat crew and a tour guide were also missing after the vessel hit a reef and went down on Saturday. It had been heading from Lombok island to Komodo island, the home of the Komodo dragon, the world’s biggest lizard and a draw for tourists.
Those rescued were from New Zealand, Britain, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany and France, said Budiawan, a search and rescue official who like many Indonesians goes by one name. The nationalities of those still missing was not immediately clear.
“A tourist boat with 25 people on board capsized while sailing from Lombok island to Komodo island,” said Budiawan, who is based on Lombok.
“We rescued 10 foreigners while 10 other foreigners and five Indonesians remain missing. We launched a search operation as soon as we received the report this morning.”
The boat went down near Bima, a town on Sumbawa island. Suryaman, a search and rescue official in the town, said the boat sank in the early hours of Saturday but those rescued were not recovered until the evening of the same day. “The incident took place ... when the boat hit a reef and sank. Fishermen managed to rescue five of them alive later at night on Saturday, and five other foreigners were rescued by a sailing boat,” an official said.
Komodo island is one of several islands that make up the Komodo National Park.
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