(Jakarta) At least nine bodies have been found and four people remain missing after a ferry sank in bad weather off the island of Ternate in the Indonesian archipelago of Moluccas, a service official said Thursday. rescue.
Posted at 7:21 a.m.
the KM Cahaya Arafah, which was carrying 77 passengers and crew, sank on Monday night near Ternate, leaving 13 people missing. Rescuers found four bodies on Wednesday evening and five more on Thursday, according to this official. Four people are still missing.
Shipwrecks are common in Indonesia, an archipelago of around 17,000 islands where maritime communications play a vital role, despite often poor security conditions.