Rescuers searching for 140 people from Indonesia passenger ship, official says
Rescuers deployed ships and a helicopter after the Virgo Transport 8 lost contact, with 103 people evacuated and one death confirmed, officials said.
- On Sunday, September 13, 2026, the Virgo Transport 8 lost contact in the Java Sea while traveling from Surabaya to Banjarmasin with 243 people aboard, prompting Indonesian authorities to launch a search operation.
- The vessel's operator, PT Virgo Yoel Rihi, reported the loss of contact after the ship encountered bad weather during its journey; the Banjarmasin Search and Rescue Office received the report at approximately 2 a.m. Sunday.
- Rescuers deployed a helicopter and ships toward the vessel's last known position in the Java Sea, approximately 148 kilometers from a pier in Banjarmasin, to locate the remaining passengers.
- I Putu Sudayana, head of the Banjarmasin Search and Rescue Office, confirmed that 103 people were evacuated, though one of the rescued passengers died as the search continued for the remaining crew and passengers.
- This incident underscores persistent safety challenges in Indonesia's maritime sector, where inconsistent enforcement across an archipelago of 17,000 islands has contributed to recurring ferry accidents in recent months.
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avisendanmark.dkA passenger ship with 243 people on board has sunk in the Java Sea. Authorities have evacuated 103 people.
Ferry vanishes at sea as emergency services urgently hunt for 140 missing people feared dead
A desperate rescue effort was launched after a ferry vanished off the coast of Indonesia. Rescuers were searching for 140 people from a passenger ship that sank in the Java Sea after 103 others were evacuated, one of whom died.The Virgo Transport 8 ship had set sail on Saturday from the East Java city of Surabaya to the South Kalimantan city of Banjarmasin, the official search and rescue agency said. The agency said later on Sunday the ship had …
About 140 passengers and crew members are missing when an Indonesian ferry carrying more than 240 capsized early this morning in the Java Sea, local rescuers announced, who managed to save at least 102 people and retrieve the body of one passenger.
Jakarta, 13 Sep (EFE).- One person died and 102 were rescued alive as a result of an incident on a passenger ship, in which 243 people were being searched, while sailing in the Java Sea, the Indonesian authorities reported this Sunday. At a press conference, Putu Sudayana, director of [...] The Entrance One Dead and 102 Survivors in Indonesia after incident on a boat with 243 passengers was first published in HolaNews.
The passenger ship lost contact in bad weather on early Sunday and fell, the authorities say.
A ship has sunk in the Java Sea in Indonesia. 103 people have been evacuated.
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