<p align="justify" class="title">At least eight people died and several others remain missing after a passenger boat capsized off the coast of Borneo on Monday, an official said, in the latest deadly maritime accident in Indonesia.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The ferry was carrying some 45 people when it sank just minutes after leaving Tanjung Selor in North Borneo province, said Gusti Anwar Mulyadi a senior official of the local search and rescue agency.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Some 33 people have so far been rescued and navy personnel have been dispatched to search for the remaining passengers, but he said high waves are impeding operations.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"We don't know yet what has caused the accident and how exactly it happened. But we'll try to figure that out and are now focusing on finding the remaining passengers," said Mulyadi.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">It is the latest boat accident in the vast Indonesian archipelago, which relies heavily on boats to ferry people around its 17,000 islands, but has a patchy safety record.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Last July, eight people drowned in a boat accident on the same route from Tarakan to Tanjung Selor.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">On New Year's day last year at least 23 people died when a tourist boat from Jakarta burst into flames.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">It was carrying about 250 local holidaymakers to celebrate the New Year on Tidung island near Jakarta. </p>
<p align="justify" class="title">At least eight people died and several others remain missing after a passenger boat capsized off the coast of Borneo on Monday, an official said, in the latest deadly maritime accident in Indonesia.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The ferry was carrying some 45 people when it sank just minutes after leaving Tanjung Selor in North Borneo province, said Gusti Anwar Mulyadi a senior official of the local search and rescue agency.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Some 33 people have so far been rescued and navy personnel have been dispatched to search for the remaining passengers, but he said high waves are impeding operations.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"We don't know yet what has caused the accident and how exactly it happened. But we'll try to figure that out and are now focusing on finding the remaining passengers," said Mulyadi.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">It is the latest boat accident in the vast Indonesian archipelago, which relies heavily on boats to ferry people around its 17,000 islands, but has a patchy safety record.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Last July, eight people drowned in a boat accident on the same route from Tarakan to Tanjung Selor.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">On New Year's day last year at least 23 people died when a tourist boat from Jakarta burst into flames.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">It was carrying about 250 local holidaymakers to celebrate the New Year on Tidung island near Jakarta. </p>