Indonesia shipwreck

Mass burial held for Indonesian ferry victims

     JAKARTA, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- A mass burial was held Wednesday for 24 unidentified bodies believed to be the victims of last month's ferry accident in Indonesia that left over 300 people dead or missing.  

15 of Indonesian sunken ferry rescued after 10 days

     JAKARTA, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Fifteen passengers of a ferry that sank off Indonesia's Java island were found alive and rescued by a cargo ship after struggling for their lives for 10 days, local press reported Monday.  

Hundreds predicted trapped dead inside ill-fated ship in Indonesia

    JAKARTA, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of people on board were feared trapped and dead inside the VIP rooms at the time when a passenger ship was sinking near Mandalika island in the Java Sea early Saturday, Indonesia's Navy said Tuesday. 

189 survive ship mishap in Indonesia

Photo taken on Jan. 1, 2006 shows rescuers carrying a survivor in Indonesia's Central Java province where a passenger ship sank on Sunday night. (Xinhua Photo/AFP) Photo Gallery >>>

    REMBANG, Indonesia, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- As of Monday evening, rescue teams have recovered some 189 survivors and six bodies in Mandalika waters in Indonesia's Central Java province where a passenger ship sank on Sunday night, an official said. Full story>>

More victims of ill-fated ship recovered in Indonesia

    REMBANG, Indonesia, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Rescue teams recovered more survivors and bodies in Mandalika waters, in Indonesia's Central Java province, on Sunday night.

130 survivors of Indonesian ill-fated ship rescued

    JAKARTA, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- A total of 132 survivors of the ill-fated ship, which sank in the vicinity of Mandalika island in the Java Sea Saturday, were rescued up to Sunday afternoon, a local leading website "Detik.com" reported.

President Hu sends condolences to Indonesian over shipwrecking

    BEIJING, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao on Sunday sent a message of condolences to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono over heavy casualties of shipwrecks in the waters off Indonesia's Central Java province and the Bangka Strait.

176 survivors of ill-fated ship rescued in Indonesia

    JAKARTA, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- A total of 176 survivors of the ill-fated MV Senopati, which sank in the vicinity of Mandalika island in the Java Sea early Saturday, have been rescued till Sunday noon, an official of the Indonesian Transportation Ministry said.

Indonesian minister: Ill-fated vessel still worthy

    JAKARTA, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- The "KM Senopati Nusantara," an Indonesian vessel which sank in Suar Mandalika waters early Saturday, was still sea worthy and not very old, Tranportation Minister Hatta Radjasa said.

Indonesian military helps evacuate shipwreck victims

    JAKARTA, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI) deployed three warships and three aircraft to help evacuate passengers and crew of the KM Senopati ship which sank in Mandalika waters near Bawean on Saturday.

More survivors rescued from ship sinking accident in Indonesia

An undated picture shows the ferry Senopati Nusantara which sank in Indonesia December 30, 2006. At least 83 people have been rescued, the provincial Navy said. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery >>>

    JAKARTA, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- At least 83 people have been rescued after a ship carrying more than 605 people sank at the waters off Indonesia's Central Java province earlier Saturday, the provincial Navy said.

Nearly 70 rescued from sinking ship in Indonesia

    JAKARTA, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- Sixty nine people have been rescued from a sinking passenger ship carrying over 600 people at the waters off Indonesia's Central Java province earlier Saturday, head of rescue team Riyadi said.

29 survive from sinking ship in Indonesia

    JAKARTA, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- Twenty nine people have survived after a ship carrying at least 605 people sank at the waters off Indonesia's Central Java province earlier Saturday, Navy spokesman for eastern Indonesia Leut. Colonel Toni Saiful said.

Ship reported sinking in Indonesia's South Kalimantan waters

    JAKARTA, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- A ship with 25 crew members on board was reported to have sank in the Suar mandalika waters some 30 miles of South Kalimantan at the wee hours on Saturday.

Ship carrying 727 people sinks in Indonesia

    JAKARTA, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- A passenger ship with 727 people on board sank in waters off Central Java province of Indonesia on Saturday and rescue team could not reach the accident site due to poor weather, a rescue team said.

Indonesia: ship sinks, hundreds feared dead

    BEIJING, Dec. 30 (Xinhuanet) -- Hundreds of people are feared dead after a ship with 850 passengers onboard sank Saturday in a storm off the coast of Centeral Java, a navy officer told Indonesian radio.

40 feared dead as bus falls into river in northern India

    PATNA, India, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- At least 40 people were feared drowned when an over-crowded mini passenger bus fell into the Ganga river in north Indian state Bihar early Saturday, a local official said.

Ship carrying 727 people sinks in Indonesia

    JAKARTA, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- A ship with more than 727 passengers onboard sank in the waters off Indonesia's Central Java Province on Saturday, a rescue team said.

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