The Indonesian ferry was covered and 11 people were missing

Xinhua News Agency, Jakarta, July 6th. Indonesian search and rescue officials said on the 6th that a ferry overwhelming accident occurred on the 5th of Mimika County, Indonesia, causing 11 people to miss.

George Liu Mosxi Landang, the person in charge of the search and rescue department of the Mimica County, said in an interview with a reporter from Xinhua News Agency that a ferry with 18 people went from Solong City, Westbaba Province to Mimica County On the way, it was covered in the waters near the town of Amamar in the county, and all the staff on board were falling. In the past, fishermen rescued 7 people and the other 11 were missing.

George said that after receiving the news of the ship's overwriting on the 6th, the Mimica Search and Rescue Bureau immediately organized a joint rescue team composed of search and rescue personnel, military police, volunteers, and relevant maritime department personnel to search and rescue the waters of the incident. Preliminary investigations show that extreme weather may be the main reason for shipping.

According to Indonesian media reports, the joint rescue team is still searching and rescue in the incident area, but it is just heavy rain and no communication network signal, which makes great difficulties to rescue operations.

Indonesia is known as the "country of Thousand Islands" and is the world's largest islands country. Take ferry is one of the main ways of transportation for the people to travel in China. Due to the lack of safety norms, the ship was overwhelmed by the sinking accident.

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