JAKARTA, July 4 (Reuters)– The captain of a sinking Indonesian ferryboat took care of to guide his ship onto a coral reef to allow the emptying of greater than 100 guests, yet 31 individuals sank as the vessel went to pieces in rainy seas, authorities claimed onWednesday

The newest ferryboat calamity in Indonesia, which occurred on Tuesday near Sulawesi island, came 2 weeks after a chock-full ferryboat sank on Lake Toba in Sumatra, among the globe’s inmost volcanic lakes, with the fatality of greater than 200 individuals.

The nationwide search and also rescue company claimed the watercraft that encountered difficulty near Sulawesi had actually been bring 164 guests and also team. Three guests were missing out on yet 130 had actually been saved, a transportation ministry authorities claimed.

The ferryboat was likewise bring 48 cars when it started tackling water in poor weather condition.

“The captain ran it onto a reef so it wouldn’t sink and to make the evacuation of passengers easier,” Agus H. Purnomo, the supervisor general of sea transport, claimed in a declaration.

“The captain and the owner of the ship were the last two people to come down from the passenger ship,” he included.

Television pictures revealed lots of guests holding on to the keeling vessel or bobbing in the water using life vest.

Indonesia, a large island chain composed of greater than 17,000 islands, endures constant watercraft crashes, with fundamental security guidelines usually flouted and also vessels strained.

After last month’s sinking in Sumatra, among the most dangerous in almost a years, a two-week search and also rescue initiative discovered the vessel at a deepness of 450 m (1,500 feet) with targets caught within, yet technological and also logistical obstacles compelled the recuperation to be aborted.

(Reporting by Tabita Diela Writing by Ed Davies Editing by Darren Schuettler, Robert Birsel)