Indonesia Rescuers Battle Turbulent Seas in Search for 129 People After Passenger Ship Capsizes

By Ananda Teresia and Prasto Wardoyo

JAKARTA/SURABAYA, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Hundreds of Indonesian rescuers including the coast guard and the navy raced on Monday to board a passenger ship that capsized in the Java Sea over the weekend as they searched for 129 people still missing, officials said, with the confirmed death toll at six.

The Virgo Transport 8 ship carrying 243 people went missing in bad weather early on Sunday, the rescue agency said. Authorities have since rescued 108 people from the ship, which was traveling from Surabaya in East Java to Banjarmasin in