SIMALUNGUN, Indonesia: A sunken Indonesian ferry could be sitting 450 meters (1,475 feet) below the surface of one the world's deepest lakes, officials said on Monday, raising fears that scores of missing may never be retrieved from their watery grave.

The vessel was believed to be operating illegally with no manifest, life jackets or passenger tickets, police said, after questioning the ferry's captain, and authorities have struggled to pinpoint the exact number onboard when it went down a week ago in bad weather.

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