Indonesian rescuers evacuate hundreds of passengers from the ferry KM Sirimau after it ran aground off the coast of Lembata on May 19. No one was hurt, but the incident underlined the risks of boat transport in the archipelago. (AFP Photo)MAKASSAR, Indonesia: Indonesian rescue teams were looking for 26 people missing on Saturday after a boat with 43 people on board capsized off Sulawesi island. The motorboat that had left Paotere port in Makassar, the capital of South Sulawesi province, at midnight Thursday was reported missing the next day when it failed to arrive its destination, local media reported. Rescued passengers were picked up by tugboats and taken to Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan and Jeneponto in South Sulawesi, South Sulawesi search and rescue agency chief Djunaidi said on Saturday.

Source: Bangkok Post May 28, 2022 20:48 UTC