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Indonesia rescuers battle turbulent seas in search for 129 people after passenger ship capsizes
Hundreds of Indonesian rescuers including the coastguard and the navy raced on Monday to board a passenger ship that capsized in the Ja
Summary
The Virgo Transport 8 ship carrying 243 people went missing in bad weather early on Sunday, the rescue agency said. Some of the ships have arrived at the location but it was difficult for rescuers to make their way into the capsized ship, he said."We would also deploy personnel with underwater rescue skills but the current conditions do not allow us to," he said."While waiting for the weather conditions to…
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People
- Dudy Purwagandhi
- Mohammad Syafii
- Arianto Ardi
- Edy Prakoso
Organisations
- national rescue agency.The
- Reuters."The
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- Indonesia2
- Java Sea2
- South Kalimantan.Choppy
- Bali.-Reuters
- Trisakti Port
- Banjarmasin
- East Java
- Surabaya
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- passenger2
- turbulent2
- capsizes2
- rescuers2
- battle2
- people2
- search2
- seas2
- ship2
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