A passenger ship capsized off the coast of East Java on December 8, 2024, killing one person and leaving another missing. 49 others were rescued after the vessel sank in the rough waters near Situbondo Regency.
The wooden ship, Kapal Layar Motor Fajar Lorena, was travelling from a seaport in Sumenep Regency to Situbondo when it went down around 1:10 p.m. local time.
According to Muhamad Hariyadi, the head of East Java’s search and rescue office, the...