Ship carrying 70 people is missing
From Times Wire Reports
A passenger ship carrying 70 people went missing off eastern Indonesia after reporting engine failure, a port official said.
The bodies of two children were found drifting nearby along with nearly two dozen survivors.
The ship was on a regular voyage to Maluku province, and was carrying 53 passengers and a crew of 17 when its engine broke down after encountering 9-foot waves, he said.
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