The vessel sank around 11:20 pm (1520 GMT) on Wednesday in the Bali Strait as it sailed to the famous holiday destination from Indonesia’s main island Java, Surabaya search and rescue agency said in a statement.
“The ferry, which is estimated to have sunk at 23:20 local time, also contained 22 vehicles including 14 trucks,“ it said.
Marine accidents are a regular occurrence in Indonesia, a Southeast Asian archipelago of around 17,000 islands, in part due to lax safety standards.
In 2018, more than 150 people drowned when a ferry sank in one of the world’s deepest lakes on Sumatra island.
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