the ferry owner pt nu sudarsono ' s report blamed indonesian port institutions for the tragedy . " the passenger capacity of the line is 205 people but the pier administrator accepted more passengers as they thought it was necessary , " he answered . the national meteorological and geophysics agency , however , had published and posted an distress flag about strong surf on friday . it specifically stated that " saturday 10th and friday 11th , indonesian waters would have witnessed storm force waves , " but despite the dire warn km teratai set for the seas .
An Indonesian ferry with 300 passengers sank.