Indonesia intensifies search for 129 people missing after ship capsizes
Officials say more than 600 rescuers battle stormy seas in search for missing people.
Hundreds of rescuers including the coastguard have joined the search for 129 people missing after an Indonesian passenger ship capsized in the Java Sea, authorities said Monday.
The National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) said crews had rescued 108 people and that at least six others had died after the ferry capsized on Sunday.
The Virgo Transport 8 ship was carrying 243 people from Surabaya on the Indonesian island of Java to Banjarmasin, a port city on Borneo, when it lost contact with its operator during poor weather conditions, according to Basarnas.
The capsized boat is about 80 nautical miles (equivalent to about 150km) from the command centre at Trisakti Port in Banjarmasin, Arianto Ardi, another official at the rescue agency, told Reuters.