At least 4 dead after hawker drowning in Indonesia; 38 missing – rescue team fight is rough sea

The news agency AFP reported that at least four people were killed and many others were missing after a boat drowned in some sea near Bali Island in Indonesia.KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya went down about 30 minutes after leaving the Ketpong port in East Java. The National Search and Rescue Agency said in a statement quoted by the news agency Associated Press, “It was led to the Gilimonuk port in Bali, which is about 50 km away.”“23 rescued, 4 dead,” Ram Samtama Putra, Banugani, police chief of East Javan city, was asked by news agency AFP.The boat was carrying 65 people, 53 passengers and 12 crew members, along with 22 vehicles, along with 14 trucks.Search and rescue teams have been working since Wednesday night. Nine boats, including two tugboats and two inflatable boats, are searching for missing people in 2 meter high waves.The boat journey from Java to Bali usually takes about an hour and is usually used by car people traveling between the islands. It was not immediately known whether any foreign nationals were on the board when the boat drowned.Indonesia, which has more than 17,000 islands, often depends on the ghats for transportation. Accidents are common due to poor enforcement of security standards.In March, a boat with 16 people on the board falls into a rough water from Bali, resulting in an Australian woman to die and at least another person was hurt.In 2022, a boat carrying more than 800 people was engulfed in shallow water near Eastern Nusa Tenggara province. It was stuck for two days before being freed, in which no injury was done.In 2018, more than 150 people were killed when a boat drowned in one of the world’s deepest lakes on Sumatra Island in Indonesia.