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Amman, Sept. 13 (Petra) – At least six people died, and 130 remain
missing after a passenger ferry sank in the Java Sea off Indonesia on
Sunday, authorities said.
Indonesia’s search and rescue agency reported that emergency teams
rescued 113 people from the vessel so far, including 107 survivors
and six deceased passengers. Search operations for the remaining
missing individuals remain ongoing.
Contact with the ferry, Virgo Transport 8, was lost early Sunday
morning as severe weather hit the region. The vessel was carrying 243
people, including 30 crew members.
The ferry departed Saturday from Surabaya in East Java and was en
route to Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan before it sank.
//Petra// HA
