JAKARTA: Hundreds of Indonesian rescuers, police and specialized navy underwater teams were on Monday searching for 128 people still missing after a passenger ship capsized in the Java Sea over the weekend. The KM Virgo Transport 8 vessel with 243 people on board left Surabaya on the island of Java for Banjarmasin on Borneo island, some 490 km away, on Saturday. Early on Sunday, the ship’s captain informed its operator about the rough weather and that the vessel was tilting. Hours after communic
Indonesian rescuers race to find 128 people missing after ship capsizes
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