Saturday, September 15, 2018

10 people died, 8 missing after the Ferry KM FUNGKA PERMATA V caught fire and sank south of Banggai Island, east of Central Sulawesi, Banda Sea, Indonesia







Ferry fire, 10 dead 8 missing, Indonesia

Posted in Accidents by Mikhail Voytenko on Sept. 15, 2018 at 07:00.
 

Ferry KM FUNGKA PERMATA V on Sep 14 caught fire, burned out and sank in position 02 00S 123 22E south of Banggai island, east of Central Sulawesi, Banda sea, while en route from Baubau, southeast Sulawesi, to North Maluku island. 126 people including 11 crew were rescued, at least 10 died, 8 still missing. 


There’s a confusion as to total number of people on board – it is said, that there were 146 passengers and 12 crew, but only 91 passengers are listed in manifest. 

No data found on KM FUNGKA PERMATA V, ferry isn’t recorded in known international databases. From the looks of her, she was a wooden ship with ro-ro capacity.
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Indonesian ferry with 147 on board catches fire, 10 killed
KYODO NEWS


Ten people were killed and 11 others are missing after a passenger ferry with 147 people on board caught fire Friday and sank in central Indonesia, a government official said Saturday.

The Fungka Permata V was on its way from the port of Bau-Bau in Southeast Sulawesi Province to the port of Sanana in North Maluku Province, about 520 kilometers away, when it caught fire in waters off Central Sulawesi Province's Banggai Regency, Gus Rional, spokesman at the Directorate General of Sea Transportation, said. It sank at 4:45 p.m.

Rescuers only reached the site at 7:30 p.m. due to high waves and rescued 126 passengers, the spokesman said.

The cause of the incident was not known.