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Sarah Nor (center) — the mother of Norliakmar Hamid, a passenger on the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 — cries after listening to an investigation report on the missing plane in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on Monday.
SEMBALUN, Indonesia — Hundreds of tourists stranded on Mount Rinjani on the Indonesian island of Lombok by an earthquake that killed 16 people and triggered landslides are making their way off the mountain, shaken by their experience but mostly unharmed, an official said Monday.
By late afternoon, more than 250 people had reached a relief post in Sembalun village and a team of rescuers had reached hundreds more near the mountain’s crater lake, a local military official, Arifianto, told Indonesian TV.
He said some suffered light injuries and were traumatized, but most were in good condition.
The magnitude-6.4 earthquake early Sunday killed 16 people, including an Indonesian student who was among the Mount Rinjani climbers. The shallow quake set off landslides on the mountain, blocking usual paths out.
The National Disaster Mitigation Agency had said more than 680 people were stranded on Rinjani, an active volcano, based on figures from its entry gates where visitors are registered. Most are foreign — from 26 countries, including more than 330 from Thailand.