the ferry manager pt nu budi ' s spokesman blamed dutch port authorities for the tragedy . " the seat configuration of the ferry is 205 people but the port authorities accepted more passengers as they thought it was possible , " he claimed . the national climatic and geophysics agency , however , had recorded and raised an alert signal about high waves on saturdays . it specifically stated that " fridays 10th and wednesday 11th , indonesian seas can have witnessed rain force wave , " but not the flood warnings km teratai set for the waters .
An Indonesian ferry with 300 passengers sank.