Rescuers searching for 140 people after missing Indonesian passenger ship located

Indonesian rescuers are searching for 140 people after a passenger ship, the Virgo Transport 8, carrying 243 individuals, was reported missing in the Java Sea on Sunday. The ship lost contact early Sunday during bad weather after departing from Surabaya, East Java, to Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, on Saturday. So far, 103 people have been evacuated, though one person died. I Putu Sudayana, head of the Banjarmasin search and rescue agency office, stated that teams, ships, and a helicopter have been deployed to the vessel's last known position. Indonesia, an archipelago of 17,000 islands, relies heavily on ferries, but safety standards are not always rigorously enforced, leading to a relatively high accident rate.