Overview
- The ferry left Surabaya on Sept. 12 and lost contact after encountering severe weather in the early hours of Sunday before reports said it sank.
- Indonesia's transport minister reported that 101 people have been pulled from the water and six bodies have been confirmed while roughly 136 people are still missing.
- National search-and-rescue units, rescue ships, helicopters and nearby vessels are actively searching the area identified by authorities as the last known position.
- Initial media counts varied during the morning as rescue teams worked, which officials say reflects the fog of an ongoing maritime rescue and the need to verify passenger lists.
- Indonesia relies heavily on ferry travel across its thousands of islands, which makes bad weather a recurring hazard and complicates large-scale sea rescues for coastal communities.