Rescuers searching for 140 people from Indonesia passenger ship, official says
- On Sunday, September 13, 2026, the passenger ship Virgo Transport 8 capsized in the Java Sea while traveling from Surabaya to Banjarmasin, Transport Minister Dudy Purwagandhi confirmed.
- The captain reported the vessel was "tilting" after encountering rough seas with waves up to 3 meters before contact was lost early Sunday.
- More than 600 personnel from Basarnas and other agencies deployed 17 ships and aircraft, recovering six bodies and rescuing 107 passengers by Sunday afternoon while approximately 130 people remained missing.
- Distraught relatives gathered at Banjarmasin's Trisakti port command center, anxiously checking rescue lists as officials faced challenges verifying passenger counts due to manifest discrepancies.
- This incident follows three major Indonesian ferry emergencies since July, intensifying scrutiny of maritime safety in a nation relying on ferries across 17,000 islands where safety enforcement remains inconsistent.
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On the Java Sea the ship Virgo Transport 8 with 243 people on board got into severe storms. 130 people are still missing.
Search underway for about 130 missing after Indonesian passenger ship overturns
BANJARMASIN, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian rescuers say about 130 passengers and crew are missing after a ferry carrying more than 240 people sank in bad weather in the Java Sea on Sunday. At least 107 people were rescued and the…
Naufragio between the islands of Java and Borneo in conditions of strong wind and agitated sea: six dead, 130 missing and 107 people taken to safety. The article Indonesia, ferry overturns: dead and missing comes from The Truth.
For a second day, rescuers in Indonesia are searching for 130 missing people after a passenger ship sank in the Java Sea, the local rescue service reported
As of Monday morning, six people had died, and another 107 passengers and crew members had been rescued.The Virgo Transport 8 vessel, which had 243 people on board, went missing during a severe storm last weekend. An investigation into the cause...
The Virgo Transport 8 carried 213 passengers and 30 crew members. It had sailed Saturday from Surabaya, in the east of the island of Java, to reach Banjarmasin, on the island of Borneo.
Indonesia searches for 129 people missing after ferry capsizes
Indonesian authorities have intensified efforts to find dozens of people missing a day after the Virgo Transport 8 ferry overturned in the Java Sea. At least six people were killed and 129 people are missing. More than 600 rescuers, supported…
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