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Rescuers Search for Virgo Transport 8 After Losing Contact

By Drooid · Sep 13, 2026, 6:04 AM UTC · How we work

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Indonesian rescuers launched a search for the passenger ship Virgo Transport 8 after it lost contact.
The vessel left Surabaya for Banjarmasin at 10:13 a.m. on Saturday.
Its manifest listed 241 passengers, though other reports said 243 people were aboard.
Contact was lost around 2 a.m. Sunday, about 148 km from Banjarmasin pier, after bad weather.
Head of Banjarmasin SAR I Putu Sudayana and operations chief Arianto Ardi dispatched rescue teams and reported no casualties.

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Indonesian rescuers launched a search for the passenger ship Virgo Transport 8 after it lost contact.
The vessel left Surabaya for Banjarmasin at 10:13 a.m. on Saturday.
Its manifest listed 241 passengers, though other reports said 243 people were aboard.
Contact was lost around 2 a.m. Sunday, about 148 km from Banjarmasin pier, after bad weather.
Head of Banjarmasin SAR I Putu Sudayana and operations chief Arianto Ardi dispatched rescue teams and reported no casualties.