A day after nearly 250 survivors were rescued when a ferry sank off Papua New Guinea, crews searching for more than 110 missing people have found no further survivors.

Rescuers have plucked nearly 240 survivors from the sea off Papua New Guinea’s east coast after a ferry sank with as many as 350 people on board, officials said.

Rescue crews plucked more than 200 survivors from the sea off Papua New Guinea’s north-east coast today, after a ferry sank with as many as 350 people on board.