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Search continues for missing tourists after boat sinks in Indonesia
A massive rescue operation is underway for the remaining two foreign tourists after a tour boat sank off the coast of eastern Indonesia.
Eight foreigners and five Indonesians crew members were rescued earlier today – some in a lifeboat and some floating with their lifejackets on.
Another 10 tourists had already been rescued yesterday from the boat, which is believed to have hit a reef and sunk in stormy weather off Sumbawa, between Lombok and the Komodo Islands.
Two British women have been hospitalised following the incident but the Foreign Office would not disclose the nature of their injuries.
The other survivors are reported to be from New Zealand, Spain, France, Germany and the Netherlands.
They were rescued by fishermen and a sailing boat.
According to a report in the Daily Mail, some of the survivors had to swim six hours to safety.
But the island they finally reached was home to an erupting volcano, with no water, so they had to spend the night drinking their own urine and eating leaves.
They managed to get the attention of a passing boat by waving their life jackets.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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