JAKARTA, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Another boat sank in Aceh, western part of Indonesia, on Wednesday night, due to bad weather and high waves, the Jakarta Post reported on Friday.
The ill-fated boat was carrying about 45 people including some illegal migrant workers when it left Penang on Sunday. Its engine broke only two hours before reaching Aceh and later sank in waters off the coast of Peureulak, East Aceh at about 9:30 p.m..
"While boat crew members were trying to fix the engine, a huge wave smashed the boat, causing it to sink slowly," said a survivor Bukhari on Thursday.
Just 16 passengers were rescued by a passing-by fishing boat, with 20 people declared missing and one killed.
On the other hand, the rescue and search team Thursday found four bodies of the victims from the ferry that sank off the Majene coast in West Sulawesi on Sunday. By now, 34 of the 250 passengers have been saved alive, six were found dead, and more than 200 are still missing.
Editor: Zhang Xiang
