A crowded boat carrying mostly tourists – including four Australians – has capsized off Bali, killing three people.
The vessel had 80 people on board when it went down off the popular holiday destination of Sanur about 3pm Bali time (5pm AEST), on Tuesday, according to Denpasar Search and Rescue.
The boat, with 80 people on board, capsized close to the shoreline near Sanur Harbour on Bali’s east coast.Credit: Denpasar Search and Rescue
The organisation said two Chinese citizens had died, and the body of a missing Indonesian crew member was found on Wednesday. Every other person registered as being on the vessel was accounted for, according to the rescue teams.
It is not believed the four Australians on board were among the 15 people treated at hospital.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said: “We are working with local authorities to confirm no other Australians were affected and stand ready to provide consular assistance should it be required.”
The boat, which had departed from the island of Nusa Penida, capsized so close to Sanur Harbour that rescuers were able to haul it onto the beach.
Photos released by Denpasar Search and Rescue showed that it would have been crowded with 80 people on board. Seventy-three of the passengers were foreigners, it said.
It is the fourth serious boat accident – three of them deadly – off Bali this year.