Sorong, SW Papua, Oct. 13 -- Search and rescue personnel in Sorong evacuated 10 survivors from a speedboat owned by the Fakfak district government that sank off Siri-Siri Village in Inanwatan Subdistrict, South Sorong District, Southwest Papua Province, on Tuesday.

Hidayat, head of operations and preparedness at the Sorong Search and Rescue Office, said the survivors were transferred by inflatable boat to Rescue Boat 221 early Tuesday.

"All survivors were transferred to Rescue Boat 221 at 12:32 a.m. local time. The rescue vessel then continued to Kokas because the survivors were from that area," he said.

The agency received a report of the accident from relatives of those aboard on Monday morning. The speedboat reportedly sank at aroun...