Dozens dead after bus filled with tourists plunges into Indonesia ravine

At least 27 people have died and 39 more are injured after a tourist bus plunged into a ravine on Indonesia’s main island (BASARNAS/AP)

A tourist bus has plunged into a ravine on Indonesia’s main island of Java after its brakes apparently malfunctioned, killing at least 27 people and injuring 39 others, police and rescuers said.

The bus was carrying junior high school students, teachers and parents from the West Java province town of Subang when the accident happened late on Wednesday on a winding road, said local police chief Eko Prasetyo Robbyanto.