Indonesia boat capsize: 18 foreign tourists rescued
"The boat with 25 people on board including 5 crewmen capsized off the Sangeang island in the district of Bima, West Nusa Tenggara on Sunday," Antara News Agency reported.
"Two others are still missing and the rescue workers are still searching for them," head of the local national search and rescue agency (Basarnas) Lalu Wahyu Efendi told the agency.
The boat was going from Labuhan Lombok, in East Lombok, East Nusa Tenggara to Komodo island when the mishap occurred.
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