113 saved, 47 missing after ferry sinks

Navy ships picked up 113 survivors after a passenger ferry sank today in heavy seas in eastern Indonesia, but rescuers were still searching for at least 47 people believed to have been on board, officials said.

A navy spokesman in Jakarta said that according to the ship’s manifest 82 people were on the ship when it went down. But at a port official said that more than 160 were aboard the Citra Mandala Bahari when it left Kupang harbour.