- A waiter on the Virgo Transport 8 woke to the ferry listing, saw 3–4m waves, and said the ship capsized in under 10 minutes — he and friends clung to a 12kg gas cylinder and floated for about 10 hours before being rescued.
- The accident is severe: 6 confirmed dead and 129 still missing out of about 234 people aboard, with search efforts hampered by rough seas and strong winds.
- The ferry was on a ~20-hour trip from Surabaya to Banjarmasin and was later found inverted about 80 nautical miles from the destination; the survivor says he’s traumatised and won’t work at sea again.
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