From Fox News · Stepheny Price · · 1m 20s
A ferry with 240 aboard goes silent in the Java Sea
The Virgo Transport 8 stopped answering 92 miles from port, and Indonesian rescuers are still looking.
In brief
The Virgo Transport 8 stopped answering 92 miles from port, and Indonesian rescuers are still looking. A ship with 240 people aboard lost contact mid-crossing, and until searchers reach it nobody knows why. Originally reported by Fox News.
240 people, no signal
A passenger ship carrying 240 people dropped out of contact in the Java Sea on Sunday, sending Indonesian rescue crews out to find it.
The route it was running
The Virgo Transport 8 left Surabaya in East Java, bound for Banjarmasin on Borneo, when communications with the vessel cut out mid-voyage.
Last seen 92 miles out
Authorities tracked the ship to a point roughly 92 miles from a pier in Banjarmasin, capital of South Kalimantan province, before the trail went cold.
Rescue teams move in
The Banjarmasin Search and Rescue Office launched an operation after a report came in that the ship had lost its ability to communicate at sea.
No casualties reported yet
As of Sunday officials had logged no deaths or injuries, and nobody had established what knocked out contact or whether weather was slowing the search.
Still missing
The search for the Virgo Transport 8 continues, with 240 people aboard and no word from the ship.
“The search remains underway.”
At a glance
A ship with 240 people aboard lost contact mid-crossing, and until searchers reach it nobody knows why.
