Indonesians scour waters for dozens missing after speed boat crash

A 280-strong search-and-rescue team scoured the waters off an Indonesian island for dozens missing on Thursday, a day after a speedboat carrying mostly migrant workers struck a reef and sank, the national disaster mitigation agency said.

A 280-strong search-and-rescue team scoured the waters off an Indonesian island for dozens missing on Thursday, a day after a speedboat carrying mostly migrant workers struck a reef and sank, the national disaster mitigation agency said.

 Belongings of survivors are laid out at a temporary holding area after their boat capsized off Batam, in Nongsa, Batam, Indonesia November 2, 2016.

The accident happened as the boat was heading from the southern Malaysian state of Johor towards Indonesia's Batam island, just south of Singapore.

The boat, carrying 98 workers and three crew, hit the reef in strong winds and big waves. Eighteen people were killed, 39 were found alive and 44 were missing.