Overview

• The KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya sank roughly thirty minutes after departing Ketapang port in East Java en route to Gilimanuk in Bali.
• The vessel was carrying 53 passengers, 12 crew members and 22 vehicles, including 14 trucks, on the short crossing.
• Banyuwangi police and the National Search and Rescue Agency have recovered two bodies and pulled 20 people, many found unconscious after drifting for hours.
• Nine boats, including tug vessels and inflatable craft, are scouring two-meter waves for the 43 passengers and crew who remain unaccounted for.
• Indonesia’s sprawling archipelago and porous safety regulations have fueled a pattern of deadly ferry disasters in recent years.