Overview

• The KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya sank about 25 minutes after leaving Ketapang port in East Java with 53 passengers, 12 crew members and 22 vehicles on board en route to Gilimanuk in Bali
• As of Thursday evening, 23 survivors have been rescued and four bodies recovered while more than 30 people remain missing
• Nine boats and aerial support have faced two-metre swells in the ongoing search operation across the Bali Strait
• President Prabowo Subianto ordered an emergency response and investigators are examining adverse weather conditions and possible engine malfunctions
• The disaster underscores persistent safety and regulatory shortcomings in Indonesia’s inter-island ferry network, where overcrowding and aging vessels have led to frequent maritime incidents