Rescuers searching for 140 people from Indonesia passenger ship, official says
The Virgo Transport 8 ship set sail on Saturday from the East Java city of Surabaya to the South Kalimantan city of Banjarmasin before losing contact, the agency said.
INFUZ/AFP/Getty Images Jakarta, Indonesia Reuters — Indonesian rescuers were searching on Sunday for 140 people from a passenger ship that was earlier reported missing in the Java Sea after 103 others were evacuated, one of whom died, a search and rescue agency official said.
National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) officers staff a rescue operations command post for the stricken Virgo Transport 8 ferry, at Trisakti Bandarmasih Port in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, on September 13, 2026.
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