(CNN) -- A rescue operation is under way in central Indonesia after a passenger ferry capsized with about 250 people on board, the rescue chief told CNN on Sunday. So far, 18 passengers have been rescued, according to R. Arsono, the head of the local rescue agency in Makassar, South Sulawesi. The Teratai Prima ferry left Pare Pare in South Sulawesi on Saturday evening and overturned off the coast of Majena in West Sulawesi, he said. Indonesian navy, police and local search and rescue agencies are searching for the missing passengers, Arsono said.
-- Posted By Breaking News to Break News at 1/11/2009 04:34:00 PM
