Speedboat crash in Indonesia, 18 workers killed
On November 2, a large speedboat was headed to Indonesia. The boat was large enough to contain 95 people. The boat's passengers were all migrant workers.
This is quite common as people between Malaysia and Indonesia travel through sea all the time. Considering how both of the countries are islands floating in the middle of the sea and both are very close to each other.
These workers worked in Malaysia as immigrants and were now headed back to their own families and friends.
They head off from the state of Johor in Malaysia. After a long journey they were already in Indonesian waters when bad weather hit them.
The big waves and strong weather was simply too strong for even the giant speedboat to handle and that caused the boat to go out of control and it then crashed into an ocean reef.
The crash completely dismantled the boat and forced it to disable itself and sink underwater.
The Edge Markets report how there are 39 known survivors at the moment. A helicopter was sent out to search for survivors and any dead bodies.
As of right now there are 18 confirmed kills. One of the confirmed kill is a baby.
A man named Zainul Arifin managed to survive the crash. He mentioned how he was sitting at the back of the speedboat and saw water coming onto the deck. He then said he had no choice but to jump off and then to simply start swimming.
Straits Times also mentioned how Indonesia consists of more than 17,000 islands scattered throughout the sea and that of course would mean a high number of reefs. This means that accidents as such as common as they come.
Nonetheless, as high the statistics are for the tragedies it does not make them any less depressing to hear.
