Ferry capsizes in Java Sea, 130 still missing
A packed overnight ferry to Banjarmasin met bad weather and turned over, leaving families waiting at the port for names.
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A packed overnight ferry to Banjarmasin met bad weather and turned over, leaving families waiting at the port for names.
A vessel carrying more than 240 people capsized in 10-foot waves, and about 130 are still missing.
A ferry from Surabaya lost contact in bad weather before dawn, and by Sunday only 103 of more than 240 people had been pulled out.
A ferry bound for Borneo hit bad weather, stopped answering, and Indonesia scrambled every boat it had.
A ferry bound for Borneo hit bad weather, went silent at 2 a.m., and Indonesia is now racing to find it.
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