Search operation launched after boat with 4 Australians missing off Indonesia

Rescuers are searching for seven people, including four Australian tourists, who went missing when their boat hit bad weather off Indonesia's Sumatra Island.

Two boats carrying a total of 17 people left Nias island headed for the private island of Pinang before bad weather hit. "Search and rescue teams have been deployed to the incident area and are combing the area within the radius of 40 nautical miles from the location where the boat was last seen," says local search and rescue agency head Octavianto.