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Indonesia intensifies search for more than 120 missing after ferry capsizes in Java Sea

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What happened

Indonesian rescue teams on Monday deployed specialised underwater teams and navy-operated underwater drones as the search for more than 120 people missing in the Virgo Transport 8 ferry capsizing intensified.

Key facts

  • Indonesian rescue teams on Monday deployed specialised underwater teams and navy-operated underwater drones as the search for more than 120 people missing in the Virgo Transport 8 ferry capsizing intensified.
  • Reported by France 24 and published Mon, 14 Sep 2026 06:14:26 UTC.

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  1. Six dead, 130 missing after Indonesian ferry capsizes in Java Sea

  2. Search underway for about 130 people after Indonesian passenger ship overturns

  3. Indonesia intensifies search for 129 people missing after ship capsizes

  4. Indonesia intensifies search for more than 120 missing after ferry capsizes in Java Sea

  5. Indonesia searches for 129 people missing after ferry capsizes in the Java Sea

  6. One person is dead and more than 30 missing after a passenger ferry sank off Vanuatu, officials say

  7. More than 30 missing from ferry that sank in Vanuatu

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