Overview

• The KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya sank about 25 minutes after departing Ketapang Port on the night of July 2 en route to Gilimanuk, with 53 passengers, 12 crew members and 22 vehicles on board.
• Rescuers have recovered two bodies and 24 survivors, including four people who escaped in the ferry’s lifeboat.
• Multi-agency teams from the Surabaya and National Search and Rescue agencies are coordinating operations with nine vessels in seas reaching two meters high.
• Officials are probing discrepancies between the ferry’s official manifest and reports of additional passengers on board.
• The disaster underscores Indonesia’s chronic safety and regulatory gaps that have fueled recurring deadly ferry incidents.