Indonesian Ship Carrying 240 Passengers Loses Contact In Java Sea, Search On

Initial information indicated the vessel's last known position was in the Java Sea, about 148 kilometres (92 miles) from a pier in Banjarmasin.

13 Sep 2026, 03:08 · NDTV

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Rescuers launched a search after a passenger ship lost contact in the Java Sea
Virgo Transport 8 had 240 people onboard traveling from East Java to South Kalimantan
Last known position was 148 kilometres from a pier in Banjarmasin

Have rescuers detected any emergency beacon signals from the missing ship?
Jakarta:

Indonesian rescuers launched a search operation Sunday after a passenger ship carrying 240 people lost contact in the Java Sea while traveling from East Java to South Kalimantan on Borneo island, officials said.

The Search and Rescue Office in Banjarmasin, the capital of South Kalimantan province, said they received a report the Virgo Transport 8 had experienced a communication failure while en route to the city from Surabaya, Indonesia's second largest city in East Java province.

Initial information indicated the vessel's last known position was in the Java Sea, about 148 kilometers (92 miles) from a pier in Banjarmasin.

There were no immediate reports of casualties.

Arianto Ardi, operations chief at Banjarmasin's rescue agency, confirmed the loss of contact with the vessel and said rescue personnel had been dispatched to the area.

"We have established an operations post at Trisakti," Arianto said.

Authorities said the ship's operator reported the incident after receiving information that the vessel had encountered bad weather.

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