Rescuers are searching for four missing Aussies off the coast of Aceh, Indonesia.
They have been identified as Elliot Foote, Steph Weisse, Will Teagle and Jordan Short.
The Australians are Elliot Foote, Steph Weisse, Will Teagle and Jordan Short, who were part of a group in a wooden speedboat in the waters around Sarang Alu and Banyak islands in Aceh Singkil district. "Our hearts are aching at the thought that Elliot, Steph, Will and Jordan are missing at sea. We continue to pray and hold out hope they will be found," it said.
In 2018, an overcrowded ferry with about 200 people on board sank in a lake in North Sumatra province, killing 167 people. In one of the country's worst recorded disasters, an overcrowded passenger ship sank in February 1999 with 332 people aboard. Only 20 people survived.Elliot's father Peter Foote said DFAT had chartered a plane to circle the area where the boat went missing "but they weren't there very long".
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