ROSEMARY CHURCH, WORLD NEWS: There are conflicting reports out of Indonesia on the fate of a missing ferry boat. It carried hundreds of people fleeing religious strife in the Maluku Islands. CNN's Atika Shubert joins us now from Jakarta with the latest. Atika.</s>ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Rosemary, search and rescue teams have just confirmed that the boat sighted earlier this afternoon was not the boat believed to have sunk off the coast of north Sulawesi Thursday. Search planes in the area confirmed that the boat was incorrectly identified, and a search continues for any wreckage or survivors. The conflicting reports made the wait all the more agonizing for relatives of the passengers. Many of them have been waiting at the port in Manado, north Sulawesi, since Thursday hoping for some kind of confirmation of what happened to the boat. But the only evidence so far are a few life jackets found floating at sea. Planes are continuing to search the area where the boat issued its final distress call. It was quickly taking on water and facing 2.5 meter high waves. It was a small, wooden hulled boat. It had a license to carry about 200 people but was packed with nearly 500, most of them refugees fleeing the ongoing sectarian violence in North Maluku. Rosemary?</s>CHURCH: Atika Shubert, reporting from Jakarta. END TO ORDER VIDEOTAPES AND TRANSCRIPTS OF CNN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE THE SECURE ONLINE ORDER FROM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
Indonesian Navy Says Reports Of Ferry Sightings Are False