Search and rescue ongoing after Virgo Transport 8, with 243 people on board, lost contact with its operator.
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WorldPingVessel travelling from the East Java city of Surabaya to the South Kalimantan city of Banjarmasin…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Hindu
Indonesian rescuers launched a search operation after authorities lost contact with a passenger ship carrying more than 240 people in the Java Sea.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CBS News
WorldPingMore than 100 others on board were evacuated from the Virgo Transport 8 ship, including one who died Indonesian rescuers were searching on Sunday for 140 people from a passenger ship that was earlier reported missing in the Java Sea after 103 othe…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Guardian
WorldPingIndonesian rescuers have launched a search operation after a passenger ship carrying more than 240 people lost contact in the Java Sea while traveling from East Java to South Kalimantan on Borneo island…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by ABC News
WorldPingThe Virgo Transport 8 vanished crossing the Java Sea with 240 people aboard en route from Surabaya to Banjarmasin, triggering an urgent search.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Fox News
WorldPingAround 140 people are still missing after a passenger ship in Indonesia carrying more than 240 people lost contact in the Java Sea during bad weather, officials say.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Sky News
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