Survivor: Dozens are still alive at the sea

A rescue team guided by a survivor was dispatched into stormy Indonesian seas yesterday in search of dozens of people said to be still drifting alive after a ferry capsized with more than 250 on board, officials said.

The survivor, pulled from the water earlier yesterday by fishermen, told authorities another 40 people escaped the boat before it sank in a cyclone and are still at sea, said Sutriani, a port official in Majene, Sulawesi.

Air and sea patrols resumed at sunrise, two days after the 700-ton Teratai Prima disappeared with at least 250 passengers and 17 crew onboard.