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Rescuers searching for 140 people from Indonesia passenger ship, official says

Global Published 13 September 2026, 10:26 · archived 13 Sep 2026

JAKARTA: 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. An ​Indonesian passenger ship carrying 243 people was reported missing after losing contact early on Sunday during bad weather, the search and rescue agency said. 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. I Putu Sudayana, the head of...

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