Rescuers returned to choppy waters off Indonesia’s Sumatra island today to search for 21 passengers still missing after a ferry sank in a storm.

TWENTY-SIX people were killed and some 250 were rescued after a ferry sank in stormy seas off Indonesia’s Sumatra island yesterday, a navy official said.

A passenger ferry sank in rough waters off the Indinesian island of Sumatra today killing at least 25 people on board.

An Indonesian passenger ferry with almost 250 people aboard sank in rough waters off Sumatra island today, killing at least one, police said, while a second ferry ran aground in nearby waters.