Rescue teams search for 130 missing after Indonesian ferry capsizes

An Indonesian ferry carrying 243 people capsized in rough weather in the Java Sea while traveling from Surabaya to Banjarmasin. Six people have died, about 107 to 108 have been rescued and roughly 129 to 130 remain missing, according to varying official updates. The Virgo Transport 8 sent a distress call after its captain warned of waves up to three metres and overturned about 148 kilometers from Banjarmasin. Authorities have deployed naval and rescue vessels, helicopters, aircraft, tugboats and hundreds of personnel, while aerial searches indicated the ferry remained afloat upside down. Investigators will examine whether weather, technical problems or human factors caused the accident as rescue operations continue in dangerous seas.