Did the sinking of the Indonesian ferry cause more than 100 people to go missing?

2065438+On July 3, 2008, Indonesia National Search and Rescue Center announced that it had officially stopped the search and rescue work of the sunken ship in Doba Lake, North Sumatra Province.

On June 18, a ferry sailed from Shamoxi County, Indonesian North Sumatra Province to wen county, Simalon, and suddenly sank about 1.6 km away from the destination port. According to the final data released by the Indonesian Disaster Relief Agency, in addition to the rescued personnel, the accident * * * caused three deaths and more than 100 people were missing.

Bou Diaswan, coordinator of the Indonesian Doba Lake Search and Rescue Working Group, said on the 3rd that the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Center will immediately stop large-scale joint search and rescue operations, but search and rescue personnel will pay close attention to the incident waters and patrol the wrecked waters regularly.

Previously, Indonesian search and rescue personnel had found the wreckage of the wrecked ferry at the bottom of the lake, but for various reasons, the Indonesian authorities gave up salvaging the remains of the victims and the wreckage of the ferry.

The police in Indonesia's North Sumatra province previously said that before the incident, the Indonesian meteorological department had issued a warning of strong winds and waves, but the ship operators and relevant departments still dispatched ships, and the actual number of passengers on the ferry seriously exceeded the rated passenger capacity. The police have identified the relevant personnel of the wrecked ferry operating company and four local transportation department officials as suspects.

Indonesia is an archipelago country, and ships are an important means of transportation for people to travel. Due to the lack of safety regulations, ship capsizing and sinking accidents occur from time to time.