Dramatic footage captured by a rescue worker shows desperate passengers clinging to the side of a ferry after it sank yesterday killing 31 people. <br /><br />The vessel ran into trouble near Sulawesi, Indonesia, while carrying 164 passengers and crew. The captain steered the ship onto a reef where it was wedged on its side, allowing 130 passengers to be rescued. <br /><br />There were three people missing and 31 confirmed dead after the tragedy in the waters of Selayar island, South Sulawesi province,<br /><br />The ferry was also carrying 48 vehicles when it began taking on water in bad weather.<br /><br /> Agus H. Purnomo, the director general of sea transportation, said in a statement: ''The captain ran it onto a reef so it wouldn’t sink and to make the evacuation of passengers easier.<br /><br />''The captain and the owner of the ship were the last two people to come down from the passenger ship.''
