一艘载有多达150名寻求避难者的船只在向澳大利亚行驶途中，于印度尼西亚爪哇岛西南沿海沉没，目前印尼有关当局正在寻找幸存者。

有关官员星期三说，已有至少1百人获救。到目前为止，至少有一人死亡，失踪者人数不详。

澳大利亚海事安全局表示，这艘船星期二驶离印尼的一个渔村，向澳大利亚的圣诞岛进发，不久后由于受到猛烈的东风吹袭而沉没。目前还没有关于船上乘客国籍的信息。

澳大利亚电台援引澳大利亚海事安全局的话说，印尼正在协调救援行动，并在该地区派遣了搜救队伍。

Indonesian authorities are searching for survivors after an Australia-bound boat carrying as many as 150 asylum seekers sank off the southwest coast of Java.

Officials said Wednesday at least 100 people have been rescued. So far, at least one person has been reported dead. An unknown number of others are missing.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority said the boat left an Indonesian fishing village Tuesday bound for Australia's Christmas Island, and sank a short while later when hit by heavy easterly winds.  There was no immediate information on the nationality of the passengers.

Australian radio quotes the AMSA as saying Indonesia is coordinating rescue operations and that search teams have been deployed to the area.