Indonesia ferry overturns in Java Sea, 6 dead and 130 missing - Nikkei Asia
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JAKARTA (Reuters) -- Indonesian rescuers were searching on Sunday for 130 people from a passenger ship that sank in the Java Sea after 113 others were evacuated, the country's search and rescue agency said, adding that six people had died.
JAKARTA (Reuters) -- Indonesian rescuers were searching on Sunday for 130 people from a passenger ship that sank in the Java Sea after 113 others were evacuated, the country's search and rescue agency said, adding that six people had died.
An Indonesian passenger ship carrying 243 people, including 30 crew members, was reported missing after losing contact with authorities early on Sunday during bad weather, the search and rescue agency said.
The Virgo Transport 8 ship set sail on Saturday from the East Java city of Surabaya to the South Kalimantan city of Banjarmasin, it said.
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