Indonesia Launches Search For Passenger Ship With Over 240 Aboard After Contact Lost In Java Sea

Indonesian authorities launched a search-and-rescue operation after losing contact with passenger ship Virgo Transport 8 in the Java Sea. The vessel, carrying more than 240 people, left Surabaya for Banjarmasin on September 12. Contact was lost around 2 am on September 13 amid bad weather. Its last known position was about 148 km from Banjarmasin, with searches continuing for the missing vessel.