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Two dead, seven missing in sinking off North Sumatra
Jakarta: Search and rescue teams continue to scour the waters off Belawan, North Sumatra looking for seven crew members of KM Kumala Endah, which sank on Tuesday afternoon.
Divers resumed efforts this morning at 8:30am local time, believing the seven crew members to have drowned. Two bodies were recovered yesterday, around a mile from where incident occurred.
The vessel was carrying 700 tons of steel, and was heading from Belawan Port to West Kalimantan when it sank.