# Search launched for Indonesian passenger ship carrying 240 after contact lost

https://mins.news/en/item/56335

- The Associated Press, 2026-09-13 03:09 UTC
- World
- Original: https://bit.ly/4xGY16N

> Indonesian rescuers have begun searching the Java Sea for a passenger ship carrying 240 people that lost contact while traveling from East Java to South Kalimantan on Borneo island.

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