Terrifying moment husband picks up his wife and throws her off a ferry: Indonesian man shows no emotion… as shocked passengers rush to save the woman
- This is the moment a husband picks up his wife and tries to throw her overboard
- The couple were travelling through the Sundra Strait between Java and Sumatra
Surveillance footage shows the moment a man picks up his wife and throws her off the side of a ferry travelling through the Sundra Strait in Indonesia.
The video, released on 24 February by local police, shows the man walking up behind his wife, picking her up and trying to throw her over the side of the ship.
The woman desperately clings on to the railing, keeping her from falling into the water below.
Other passengers then appear to see or hear what has happened and hurry over to help the woman back onto the deck.
Surveillance camera footage shows the man walking toward his partner on the right
The man is seen to walk up behind his partner, bend his knees and pick her up
Head of the Bakauheni Port Police Sector, Ridho Rafika, said that the incident happened on the Shalem passenger ferry from Merak to Bakauheni.
Police also reported that the man’s family had said they did not report the incident as the husband suffered from a mental disorder.
In 2018, a father of three was charged with attempted murder after attempting to ‘throw [his girlfriend] over the side of a cruise ship.’
David James Fysh, 46, pleaded not guilty to the charge of attempted murder after it was alleged that he had tried to through his partner into the Tasman Sea, apparently after an argument.
It is not unheard of that people survive falling overboard.
In November last year, a missing Carnival Cruise passenger was found by the US Coast Guard with symptoms of hypothermia and shock after falling off the side of a cruise ship near the Gulf of Mexico.
The man, 28, survived as long as 15 hours in the water before the Coast Guard found his roughly 20 miles south of the Southwest Pass in Louisiana.
The man is seen to carry the woman to the railing in the far corner and throws her over
Passengers see the commotion and hurry over to help the woman back onto the ship
Image shows the front of the Shalem, which was taking the couple from Merak to Bakuheni
Ferries constantly travel between these busy ports, taking about two hours from start to finish
The Sundra Strait is a passage of water that divides the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra
Merak is a busy port in the Puloi Merak District of the City of Cilegon, Banten, in the northwest of Java.
Bakauheni is a town in the southern part of Lampung, Indonesia, and is the region’s busiest port.
There are plans to connect Merak and Bakauheni with a Sundra Strait Bridge to reduce reliance on ferries back and forth.
A trip from Merak to Bakauheni takes around two hours.
