On July 24, ferry carrying 43 people ran out of fuel and sank in bad weather off the coast of Indonesia, The Guardian has reported.
The incident occurred in the Makassar Strait, which separates the islands of Sulawesi and Borneo. At present, 26 people are missing.
The local head of search and rescue, Djunaidi, stated that news of the incident reached officials two days after it happened. Fortunately, seventeen individuals were rescued alive by passing tugboats, and a search team of 40 rescuers has been deployed to find the missing individuals.
Marine accidents are common in Indonesia, a south-east Asian archipelago of about 17,000 islands where safety standards are often lax. Last week, another ferry carrying over 800 people ran aground in shallow waters off East Nusa Tenggara province but was dislodged without any injuries.
In 2018, a tragic incident occurred when more than 150 people drowned after a ferry sank in one of the world's deepest lakes on Sumatra island.
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