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Official Says Rescuers Search for 27 People Missing After a Passenger Boat Sinks in Rough Seas Off Eastern Indonesia
Rescue teams including local fishers use helicopters and boats to locate 27 missing passengers after the Nazila 05 sank in rough seas, officials said.
- On Monday, search-and-rescue teams mobilized to locate 27 people missing after the passenger boat Nazila 05 sank in North Maluku, having departed Taliabu Island on Sunday evening.
- Owner Rifani Samatia alerted authorities on Monday morning after the captain reported the vessel's bow broke from high waves, as confirmed by Muhammad Rizal, head of the Central Sulawesi search-and-rescue office.
- Authorities dispatched a rescue vessel equipped with navigational tools, supported by a helicopter and local fishers, to continue the search despite increasingly menacing weather conditions.
- According to Rizal, all 27 people aboard evacuated into a longboat before the ship went down, but rescue teams are racing to find the group, whose location remains unknown.
- Indonesia's reliance on boats across more than 17,000 islands often exposes passengers to risks from lax safety standards, as frequent accidents highlight persistent challenges including overcrowding.
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