# 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.
- Title: A ferry with 240 aboard goes silent in the Java Sea · Fox News
- Summary: The Virgo Transport 8 stopped answering 92 miles from port, and Indonesian rescuers are still looking. A ship with 240 people aboard lost contact…
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- Source: Fox News — https://foxnews.com/world/indonesian-passenger-ship-carrying-240-people-loses-contact-java-sea-search-underway
- Author: Stepheny Price
- Published: 2026-09-12T00:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: indonesia, maritime, search and rescue, java sea, ferry, news, politics
## 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.
## Key takeaway

A ship with 240 people aboard lost contact mid-crossing, and until searchers reach it nobody knows why.