JAKARTA: One person was killed and more than 100 were rescued on Sunday (Sept 13) after a ferry sailing between the Indonesian islands of Java and to Borneo was hit by bad weather, rescue officials said.
"We have carried out efforts to search for victims to the fullest extent. There were passengers who...had already been successfully evacuated by the units at the scene.
"We can inform you that the total number of evacuated passengers is 103 people," local search and rescue chief I Putu Sudayana said.
However, one of the rescued passengers died, he told reporters in the port city of Banjarmasin, where the vessel was headed. - AFP
