Indonesia agency revises up number missing in Sumatra ferry sinking to 180
Relatives cry while waiting for news on missing family members who were on a ferry that sank yesterday in Lake Toba, at Tigaras Port, Simalungun, North Sumatra, Indonesia June 19, 2018. REUTERS/Albert Damanik
TIGARAS, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesia's search and rescue agency has revised up the number of passengers missing after a ferry sank in Lake Toba on Sumatra island this week to 180 from around 130 estimated earlier, an official from the agency told Reuters on Wednesday.
The new figure for the number missing is three times the ferry's capacity. Budiawan, head of the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) in Medan, said 18 survivors were found and two bodies had been recovered on Monday evening.
"Based on the data, we're searching for 180 people," said Budiawan, adding that more people had come forward to say that others were missing.
Local residents and relatives of missing passengers from a ferry accident on Lake Toba, wait on the dock at Tigaras Port in Simalungun, North Sumatra, Indonesia June 19, 2018. REUTERS/Beawiharta
(Reporting by Fergus Jensen; Writing by Ed Davies; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore)
A search and rescue team heads out to look for passengers from the KM Sinar Bangun ferry which sank yesterday in Lake Toba, Simalungun, North Sumatra, Indonesia June 19, 2018. REUTERS/BeawihartaA search and rescue team heads out to look for passengers from the KM Sinar Bangun ferry which sank yesterday in Lake Toba, Simalungun, North Sumatra, Indonesia June 19, 2018. REUTERS/Beawiharta
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