At Least 11 Dead, 9 Others Missing After Boat Capsizes in Indonesia

Rescuers on a rubber boat scans the horizon as they search survivors after a passenger boat KM Cahaya Arafah sank in the waters off South Halmahera district in North Maluku, Indonesia, on July 19, 2022. BASARNAS via AP

At least 11 people died, and nine others were missing when a speedboat carrying 78 people capsized off Indonesia’s western province of Riau on April 27, according to local authorities.

The speedboat, Evelyn Calista 01, left a seaport in the Indragiri Hilir Regency of Riau province on Thursday for a 124-mile trip to Tanjung Pinang city. Local officials said the boat sank just three hours after departure.