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Passenger Ship Carrying 243 Reported Missing in Java Sea
A passenger ship in Indonesia cannot be found.
The ship is called Virgo Transport 8.
It was carrying 243 people.
It left Surabaya on Saturday to travel to Banjarmasin.
The ship lost contact early Sunday.
Bad weather was reported at the time.
Indonesia’s rescuers sent a team to search near its last known location.
Officials do not yet know where the ship is.
The ship’s final condition and the status of the people aboard were not reported.
The Virgo Transport 8, carrying 243 people, was reported missing in the Java Sea.
The ship lost contact early Sunday during bad weather, according to Indonesia’s search and rescue agency.
It departed Surabaya on Saturday bound for Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan.
The agency said the vessel’s whereabouts were unknown and it could not be contacted.
Rescuers deployed a team toward the ship’s last known position to begin a search.
- Who
- The Virgo Transport 8 passenger ship and the 243 people aboard; Indonesia’s search and rescue agency is coordinating the response.
- What
- The ship was reported missing after losing contact, and rescuers began searching for it.
- Where
- The ship was traveling through the Java Sea from Surabaya to Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan.
- When
- It departed on Saturday and lost contact early Sunday.
- Why
- The vessel lost contact during bad weather; its exact whereabouts remain unknown.
Key facts
- Vessel
- Virgo Transport 8
- People aboard
- 243
- Departure
- Surabaya, East Java
- Destination
- Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan
- Route
- Through the Java Sea
- Last contact
- Early Sunday during bad weather
- Response
- Rescuers deployed a team toward the last known position
Quotes
Indonesia’s search and rescue agency
The Indonesian government agency coordinating the search and rescue operation
“At the time of this statement, the ship cannot be contacted and its whereabouts are unknown”
CNBC TV 18
telegraphindia.com
Sources
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