# Indonesian passenger ship carrying 240 loses contact in Java Sea

https://mins.news/en/item/56348

- Fox News, 2026-09-13 03:55 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.foxnews.com/world/indonesian-passenger-ship-carrying-240-people-loses-contact-java-sea-search-underway

> The passenger ship Virgo Transport 8 lost contact while traveling from Surabaya in East Java to Banjarmasin on Borneo, prompting Indonesian search-and-rescue teams to begin an operation. Authorities last tracked it about 92 miles from a Banjarmasin pier. No deaths or injuries had been reported, and the cause remained unclear.

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