Landing the Big One

Landing the Big One

Saturday, December 30, 2006

Ferry sinks off Indonesia - 600+ missing



A ferry has sunk in a violent storm off Indonesia, as reported here:
A crowded Indonesian ferry broke apart and sank in the Java Sea during a violent storm that sent towering waves over its deck, and the vast majority of the nearly 640 passengers were still missing a day later, officials said Saturday.

Raging seas hampered rescue efforts and about 14 hours after the disaster, just 66 survivors had been found, many drifting in lifeboats or clinging on to driftwood, officials said. No bodies had been recovered, leaving nearly 600 passengers unaccounted for.

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