Six killed, 130 missing after Indonesian passenger ship capsizes
Six people have been killed and 130 remain missing after a passenger ship capsized in the Java Sea off Indonesia.
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Six people have been killed and 130 remain missing after a passenger ship capsized in the Java Sea off Indonesia.
Ships and helicopters are searching for those missing from the Virgo Transport 8 ship, which had encountered bad weather.
The ship set sail with 243 people, including 30 crew members, from the East Java city of Surabaya on Saturday
Officials said the ferry was carrying 243 people between Java and Borneo.
At least six people have died and 130 people are still missing after a passenger ship in Indonesia carrying more than 240 people lost contact in the Java Sea during bad weather, officials say.
The passenger ship, carrying 243 people, had departed from Surabaya, Indonesia's second-largest city in East Java, and was bound for Banjarmasin in Kalimantan.
A rescue official said emergency crews faced waves of up to 2.5 metres as they fought to reach the ferry amid "extremely risky" conditions.
Rescue efforts have been slow after a South Pacific inter-island ferry sank in bad weather on Friday. An investigation has already begun into negligence on the part of the operator.
Rescuers continue searching for survivors as the government scales back operations in open waters.
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