One dead, 36 missing after ferry capsizes off Sumatra
29/12/2006 - 09:20:48A passenger ferry capsized in rough waters off the coast of Sumatra, leaving one dead and 36 missing, officials said today.
The Tri Star I was believed to have been carrying 58 crewmen and passengers when it sank last night in an estuary of the Musi River, about 300 miles north-west of the capital, Jakarta, said Saidini Ali, the chief provincial transportation official.
Ali said 21 people were rescued after the 288-tonne ferry capsized on its way from the South Sumatran capital Palembang to Muntok, a nearby island in the neighbouring Bangka-Belitung province.
The cause of the accident was not immediately clear.
