AKIPRESS.COM - Rescuers in Indonesia were searching on Wednesday for more than 160 people who were missing after a ferry sank in a lake during a major holiday, New York Timesreported citing officials.

Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency said Wednesday on Twitter that 166 people were still missing from the sinking late Monday afternoon in Lake Toba, a popular sightseeing spot on Sumatra Island. Eighteen people had been rescued and one body had been recovered, the agency said.

Indonesia is the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation, and the accident occurred during Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday that marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Millions of Indonesians have been traveling home to celebrate the holiday, known there as Idul Fitri.

The disaster agency retweeted a Twitter post by an official, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, that included video of the rescue effort.