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February 26, 2007

Ferry tubs, cameraman cubes

Filed under: Indonesia Today

An Indonesian ferry, which got caught fires last week, at least 42 people killing, sank on Sunday as officials and journalists on board, who are in disorder-mixed for security. At least three people were missing to Jakarta, away witnesses and from Indonesian means, after the event away away which were said. Lativi television said that one of its camera men had been killed. The Levina was I on its way to the Bangka island away by Sumatra packed with hundreds people, as it fires soon after dawn on Thursday of 80 kilometers (50 miles) Tanjung Priok Jakarta of the gate got caught. On Saturday the hull verse-confined was dragged and set to one point approximately six to 10 miles (10 to 16 kilometers) by the main gate in Jakarta at the anchor, avowed second lieutenant Colonels Hendra Pakan, Wortführer of the Indonesian western fleet of the navy, Reuters. „You at the time one had fastened, but it tilted on a side, “said it. More than 10 people — judicial police, transportation security an official and journalist — the ship on Sunday had switched, as it began to sink, said central report. ADVERTISEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT „life jackets were given to uniting us, but others did not carry (them). Three people were not found, and two people are in critical state, “SCTV reporter Agus Faisal Karim mentioned surplus its own broadcasting station. „We are safe, we are not hurt, but all we shifted in panic. Some from us were in the water for a long time, “it added. Condition press agency Antara set the number of missing with five, a journalist, two transportation security an official and personnel with two for the judicial police, and said three others one had hospitalized. The well-known death delivery from the original accident had jumped from 20 to 42 on Sunday. „Fischer 21 bodies found today, to “Panji Nirwana of the national search and the rescue agency avowed Reuters. Rescuers found later further body, another search and rescue officials said. Naval rescue crew head Colonel Didin Zainal Abidin avowed Reuters for search more victims and survivors of accident of Thursday continued. Approximately admits 300 of those, which on board were, to have survived, but how many still missed, it became cloudy in the disorder, because a number of passengers on the obvious official were apparent not registered. Early on the weekend, nine naval ships and two helicopters were reported into the search with to be included. Some estimate notches of the passengers could a missing still based its on statements of the individuals, who say that them used on the ferry had. Some people could have been also stored without their rescue, which was noted. It is on general for ferries in Indonesia for people for Sneak, or bribe crew left it on for smaller than the price, to a map and meant its names, does not explain not on the obvious official. Introductory discoveries suggest the fire, which is begun in a truck, to the inflammable chemical charge on the untereren platform transported. Many passengers hurled themselves away of flaming 27 a yearly Japanese-arranged containers into the sea, in order to escape the flames and the withering heat. Ferries are a popular means of transport under the 17,000 islands of Indonesia, in those sea-connections inexpensive and existing than Luftverkehrslinien of being. But security standard and accidents are not always exclusively forced to step rather frequently up.

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