US EditionIndonesian rescuers search for Spanish family after boat sinks near Komodo Island
Rescuers continue searching for a Spanish family of four after a tourist boat sank due to engine failure and rough seas in Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
- On Dec 26, a tourist vessel sank in the Padar Island Strait near Labuan Bajo, leaving a Spanish family of four missing from the 11 people aboard.
- Labuan Bajo port authority attributed the sinking to waves up to three metres, noting marine accidents often occur in Indonesia, a Southeast Asian archipelago of around 17,000 islands.
- Video released by the National Search and Rescue Agency showed emergency workers in blue uniforms helping seven people, including two Spanish tourists, out of an inflatable orange boat and onto shore.
- Search operations continued on Saturday, and Risdiyanto said, `This made it difficult for us to carry out the initial search.`
- Labuan Bajo, the gateway to Komodo National Park, a Unesco World Heritage site, gives this incident broader significance for tourism and visitor safety.
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In Indonesia, rescue workers have been searching since last night for four people aboard a tourist boat that sank near Komodo Island. The missing are a father and three of his children from a Spanish family. The mother and daughter were rescued. The family, along with four crew members and a local guide, were en route to Padar Island in Komodo National Park when engine problems developed. According to Indonesian authorities, there were unusually…
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