Overview

• The KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya ferry sank on July 3 with 65 people aboard, resulting in 18 confirmed deaths and 30 survivors.
• A national operation of 500 rescuers, police and military ended Monday when duties were handed to East Java’s search agency for a week-long follow-up.
• Early investigations indicate seawater entered the ferry’s engine room through an opened door, causing it to tilt and sink.
• Rescuers saved 17 of 18 passengers after a July 14 speedboat capsized off Sumatra’s Mentawai Islands, and one person remains unaccounted for.
• Indonesia’s reliance on sea transport across 17,000 islands is challenged by lapses in safety oversight, vessel upkeep and unpredictable weather.