World · 13 September 2026
One dead, 140 missing after Indonesian ferry hits bad weather
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Indonesian rescuers are looking for 140 individuals who were on board a passenger ship that disappeared in the Java Sea on Sunday. The Virgo Transport 8 ship, carrying over 240 people, set sail on Saturday from Surabaya to Banjarmasin before encountering rough seas. So far, 103 people have been evacuated, but one person has died.
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