JAKARTA: High tides hampered Indonesian rescue teams searching for a Taiwanese passport holder still missing after a passenger boat capsized in waters off the capital Jakarta this week, state media reported yesterday.
The boat, carrying 35 people, capsized near the Kepulauan Seribu area of Jakarta after the vessel was hit by a wave, Indonesia’s search and rescue authority said. All on board were rescued except the 46-year-old.
Two days into the search for the remaining passenger, high tides were hindering rescue efforts, the chief of the rescue agency’s Jakarta branch said. This comes as another Indonesian boat sank over the weekend and two drowned. | Reuters…
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