避難者所乘船隻在印尼沿海沉沒百人獲救

Indonesian authorities are searching for survivors after an Australia-bound boat carrying as many as 150 asylum seekers sank off the southwest coast of Java.

Officials said Wednesday at least 100 people have been rescued. So far, at least one person has been reported dead. An unknown number of others are missing.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority said the boat left an Indonesian fishing village Tuesday bound for Australia's Christmas Island, and sank a short while later when hit by heavy easterly winds. There was no immediate information on the nationality of the passengers.

Australian radio quotes the AMSA as saying Indonesia is coordinating rescue operations and that search teams have been deployed to the area.一艘載有多達150名尋求避難者的船隻在向澳大利亞行駛途中，於印度尼西亞爪哇島西南沿海沉沒，目前印尼有關當局正在尋找倖存者。

有關官員星期三說，已有至少1百人獲救。到目前爲止，至少有一人死亡，失蹤者人數不詳。

澳大利亞海事安全局表示，這艘船星期二駛離印尼的一個漁村，向澳大利亞的聖誕島進發，不久後由於受到猛烈的東風吹襲而沉沒。目前還沒有關於船上乘客國籍的信息。

澳大利亞電臺援引澳大利亞海事安全局的話說，印尼正在協調救援行動，並在該地區派遣了搜救隊伍。