“Almost all the passengers on board were trapped underwater, and the boat itself also sank,” a security forces witness told The Associated Press after the collision.

“Almost all the passengers on board were trapped underwater, and the boat itself also sank,” a security forces witness told The Associated Press after the collision.

JAKARTA: The official death toll from a passenger ship that capsized and sank in Indonesia's Java Sea rose to 20 on Wednesday (Sep 23), up from the previous 10, with rescuers expecting to find more bodies as the on

The ferry, the Virgo Transport 8, was carrying 243 people, including 30 crew members, when it capsized in bad weather early on Sep 13 during a voyage from Surabaya in East Java to Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan.