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Two missing after Indonesian tourist boat sinks Two missing after Indonesian tourist boat sinks
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Two foreign tourists are still missing after a boat sank off the coast of eastern Indonesia on Saturday.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.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. Ten people were rescued initially and another 13, including all the crew, were found alive early on Monday.
They are being treated in hospital, but are not in serious condition, as a search continues for the remaining two. They are being treated in hospital for trauma and dehydration as a search continues for the remaining two people.
"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. Officials said the incident took place when the boat, sailing from Lombok island to Komodo island, hit a reef and sank.
"Fishermen managed to rescue five of them alive later at night on Saturday, and five other foreigners were rescued by a sailing boat." Rescue official Budiawan, who goes by one name, told AFP news agency the second group "were all found together; some in a lifeboat and some floating with their life jackets".
Some of those on board managed to swim to a nearby island, one survivor told AFP. He also said the survivors were now recovering in Sape city in Sumbawa.
"We were 5km (three miles) from the coast, there were many big waves separating us from the coast," said Frenchman Bertrand Homassel. The Indonesian military has joined the search to find the two tourists who are still missing, reports the BBC's Alice Budisatrijo in Jakarta.
"People started to panic. Everyone took the decision to swim to the closest island, 5km away, where there was an erupting volcano." French survivor Bertrand Homassel, who was in the first group rescued, told AFP that he and a group of other passengers swam for six hours to reach Sangeang Api as only a small number could fit in a single lifeboat.
After spending the night on the island, the group were rescued by a passing boat on Sunday. "Six people were in the lifeboat. The others climbed onto the roof of the boat which had not yet completely sunk," he said.
"We were 5km (three miles) from the coast and there were many big waves separating us from the coast. People started to panic and everyone took the decision to swim to the closest island."
After spending the night on the island by eating leaves and drinking their own urine, 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 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.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.