Indonesia rescuers searching for 129 people still missing after passenger ship capsizes

More than 600 Indonesian rescuers were searching for 129 people still missing after a passenger ship capsized in the Java Sea ​on the weekend, an official said on Monday, with the death toll steady at six, Reuters reported. 

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