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Off the coast of India a ferry was caught in severe weather. The ferry was holding 250 passengers with 18 crew. 18 people were rescued by a fishing boat. One of them was the capitan who said he feared that Indonesian people generally can't swim and that he saw around 150 people jump off the sinking vessel. the 700 ton ship left for the port of parepare. The search for the missing 232 people has been hampered by the violent seas and terrible weather. Officials are stating a cause was the the regulations on boat passenger size isn't enforced very strong so overcrowding could have been a cause. Boats are a major part of transportation in the Archipelago of Indonesia. The population of 235 million people doesn't help the overcrowding problem either. I think that the country needs to be very firm with passenger count on ships.
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http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-world/20090111/AS.Indonesia.Ferry.Sinks/