Overview

• The KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya ferry sank about 25 minutes after departing Ketapang port late Wednesday on its way to Gilimanuk in Bali
• As of Friday morning, 29 survivors have been plucked from the water and six bodies recovered, leaving 30 people still unaccounted for
• Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency has deployed over 300 personnel along with naval vessels, helicopters, drones and local boats to widen searches along Java and Bali coastlines
• Authorities are investigating discrepancies between the ferry’s manifest of 53 passengers and 12 crew and unconfirmed reports of additional travellers on board
• Investigators are probing survivors’ accounts of an engine-room leak and assessing broader safety lapses in Indonesia’s inter-island ferry system