Marine Transportation in NTT Needs Improvement
At least 17 people died after Express Cantika 77 ferry caught fire in Sawu Sea, NTT, on Monday. The accident should be used as an opportunity to improve marine transportation safety in the province.
A remain of passenger ship, Express Cantika 77, in Sawu Sea, East Nusa Tenggara. Express Cantika 77 cought fire in the area on Monday (24/10/2022). The accident took toll at least 17 passenger dead.
KUPANG, KOMPAS — A passenger ship, Express Cantika 77, caught fire in the Sawu Sea, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) on Monday (24/10/2022), killing at least 17 people. The accident, which further added to a long list of sea mishaps in the province, should be used as an opportunity to improve sea transportation in the country.
The call for the improvement of the sea transportation was conveyed by the chairman of Commission V of the NTT Regional Legislative Council (DPRD), NTT, Yunus Takandewa, in Kupang, on Tuesday, or a day after the Express Cantika 77 burned down.