MAKASSAR, Indonesia: Rescue teams were looking for 26 people missing on Saturday after a boat with 43 people on board capsized off Indonesia's Sulawesi island, the search and rescue agency said.
The motorboat that had left Paotere port in Makassar, capital of South Sulawesi province, on Thursday midnight was reported missing the next day when it failed to arrive at its destination, local media reported. Rescued passengers were picked up by tugboats and taken to Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan and Jeneponto in South Sulawesi, South Sulawesi search and rescue agency chief Djunaidi said on Saturday."We have confirmation that the boat had sunk in the search area," Djunaidi said."We received information saying that 17 people were found and saved by passing tugboats."
Indonesia's weather agency had warned on Thursday of waves up to 2.5m in Makassar strait areas and that could cause safety risks.
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