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Two missing after Indonesian tourist boat sinks | |
(about 14 hours later) | |
Two foreign tourists are still missing after a boat sank off the coast of eastern Indonesia on Saturday. | |
Twenty foreign tourists, an Indonesian guide and four crew were on board when the boat foundered near Sangeang Api, a volcanic island off Sumbawa. | |
Ten people were rescued initially, and another 13, including all the crew, were found alive on Sunday. | |
They are being treated in hospital, but are not in serious condition, as a search continues for the remaining two. | |
"The incident took place... when the boat hit a reef and sank," the Agence France-Presse news agency was told by an official, Suryaman, who goes by one name. | |
"Fishermen managed to rescue five of them alive later at night on Saturday, and five other foreigners were rescued by a sailing boat." | "Fishermen managed to rescue five of them alive later at night on Saturday, and five other foreigners were rescued by a sailing boat." |
Some of those on board managed to swim to a nearby island, one survivor told AFP. | |
"We were 5km (three miles) from the coast, there were many big waves separating us from the coast," said Frenchman Bertrand Homassel. | |
"People started to panic. Everyone took the decision to swim to the closest island, 5km away, where there was an erupting volcano." | |
After spending the night on the island, the group were rescued by a passing boat on Sunday. | |
The other tourists came from the UK, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands and New Zealand. | |
The UK Foreign Office says two British nationals were hospitalised following the incident. | |
Accidents at sea have frequently occurred when migrant boats navigate through the archipelago, but accidents involving tourist boats are rare. | Accidents at sea have frequently occurred when migrant boats navigate through the archipelago, but accidents involving tourist boats are rare. |