Indonesian rescuers launched a search operation after authorities lost contact with a passenger ship carrying more than 240 people in the Java Sea.
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Six dead and search under way for 130 missing from Indonesian passenger ship
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Search underway for about 130 people after Indonesian passenger ship overturns
Search underway for 130 people after Indonesian passenger ship overturns
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WorldPingIndonesian rescuers say about 130 passengers and crew are missing after a ferry carrying more than 240 people overturned in bad weather in the Java Sea…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by ABC News
Search and rescue ongoing after Virgo Transport 8, with 243 people on board, lost contact with its operator.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Al Jazeera
WorldPingThe Virgo Transport 8 vanished crossing the Java Sea with 240 people aboard en route from Surabaya to Banjarmasin, triggering an urgent search.
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WorldPingIndonesian rescuers said 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.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by NPR
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
WorldPingAt least six people have died and 130 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.
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