Latest reports say 13 passengers and crew have been rescued after a boat sank in Eastern Indonesia.
Ten others had already been found, leaving two passengers still missing.
The vessel went down on Saturday after being caught up in a storm en route from Lombok island to Komodo island, the home of the Komodo dragon - the world's biggest lizard and a draw for tourists.
The ten previously rescued were from New Zealand, Britain, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany and France, said search and rescue official Budiawan, who like many Indonesians goes by one name. They had all received medical treatment, officials said.
Australian officials are urgently seeking to confirm whether any citizens are among the passengers on the boat.
Bertrand Homassel, a French survivor, said the boat started sinking slowly after its hull was damaged in a storm on Friday night, and he and several others had to swim a long distance to a volcanic island to save themselves.
"Six people were in the lifeboat. The others climbed onto the roof of the boat, which had not completely sunk," he said, speaking from a hotel in Bima on Sumbawa island, where the survivors were taken after being rescued.
"We waited until midday on Saturday. We were five kilometres from the coast - there were many big waves separating us from the coast.
"People started to panic ... Everyone took the decision to swim to the closest island, five kilometres away, where there was an erupting volcano."
He said they swam for six hours and arrived on the island, Sangeang, as the sun was setting. They spent Saturday night there, surviving by drinking their own urine and eating leaves.
On Sunday, they attracted the attention of a passing boat by waving their life jackets, and were rescued and taken to Bima, he said.
"I was really very lucky," Homassel added.
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