rescue personnel assisting a saved passenger (2nd R) from the Ladang Pertiwi 02 ferry, which ran out of fuel and sank in bad weather off the coast of Indonesia, after arriving in Kotabaru, South Kalimantan. Thirty-one people have been rescued and 11 are still missing after a ferry ran out of fuel and sank in bad weather off the coast of Indonesia, an official said on May 30. - AFP
JAKARTA, June 1 (Xinhua): Indonesia increased the number of aircraft and vessels in an operation to search and rescue the victims of a capsized ship in the central parts of the country, a rescuer has told the media.
Another helicopter was deployed to the scene in the Makassar Strait on Tuesday (May 31), bringing the total to two in the operation, and another ship will also help the mission on Wednesday (June 1), Isran A, a rescuer at the information center of the search and rescue office in South Sulawesi province, said.
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