As many as 27 passengers of "Salju Emas" vessel which left Masalembu port at about 14:00 local time on Monday for Gresik port, Kalianget, Sumenep district, Madura, were reported missing in Masalembu waters, ANTARA reported. The belief that the passengers had gone missing during their voyage was based on the fact that the vessel until Wednesday at 18:30 local time had not arrived at the destination port of Gresik Putih, Kalianget, Madura, the chairman of non-governmental organization for tracing information on Sumenep community (LSM-Puslimas), Maktub Syarif, said here on Wednesday. The distance between Masalembu port and Gersik Putih port in Kalianget was only 112 miles and could be covered in only 12 to 14 hours by a motor vessel.
