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Indonesian ferry 'sinks' in storm Indonesian ferry sinks in storm
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A ferry carrying about 250 passengers and 17 crew has sunk in a storm in central Indonesia, officials say.A ferry carrying about 250 passengers and 17 crew has sunk in a storm in central Indonesia, officials say.
A port official said several crew members had been found alive, but the fate of the passengers was not clear. Eighteen people have been rescued alive so far but the fate of the others is unclear, Indonesian officials said. Search operations are under way.
He said the ferry from Sulawesi to Kalimantan was battered by waves of up to two metres (seven feet). The ferry from Sulawesi to Kalimantan was battered by waves of up to two metres (seven feet), an official said.
There has been string of maritime accidents in Indonesia, an archipelago of some 17,000 islands where where ferries are a major mode of transport. There have been several maritime accidents in Indonesia, where ferries are a popular means of cheap transport.
A port official told AP news agency that the Teratai Prima radioed that it was "in the middle of a bad weather and hit by a storm."A port official told AP news agency that the Teratai Prima radioed that it was "in the middle of a bad weather and hit by a storm."