KANGAR, May 16 — A total of 140 passengers and crew members on board a ferry from Langkawi to Kuala Perlis were stranded for almost five hours after a rope got twisted around the...
KANGAR, May 16 — A total of 140 passengers and crew members on board a ferry from Langkawi to Kuala Perlis were stranded for almost five hours after a rope got twisted around the vessel’s propeller at about 8pm last night.
According to a Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency source, the ferry ran aground about 2.5 nautical miles southwest of Kuala Perlis. “MMEA assets have been deployed to the scene of the incident to monitor the work carried out by the ferry company and all passengers arrived safely at the Kuala Perlis Ferry Terminal at 12.20 am today,” he said when contacted by reporters early this morning.
Meanwhile, Konsortium Ferry Line Ventures Sdn Bhd’s human resources and operations manager, Captain Baharin Baharom, when contacted said the ferry ran aground with only 0.9 km remaining. “The propeller of the ferry got caught in a rope which is believed to have drifted in the waters causing the trip to be delayed and we have sent a towing boat and everything is safe and back to normal,” he said. — Bernama
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