Many dead as Indonesian ferry sinks
Mon 22 Oct, 2007
| Posted in: Compass Points
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Overloading has been blamed for the sinking of yet another ferry in Indonesia last week. At least 29 passengers died and 24 are still missing after the wooden boat Acita III went down five n-miles off Bau-bau port in south-east Sulawesi on Thursday night. Indonesian coast guard director Djoni Algamar told Fairplay that overloading of passengers and cargo was the primary cause of the mishap.
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