Indonesian search crews launched an urgent operation Sunday after a passenger ship carrying 240 people lost contact in the Java Sea.
The Virgo Transport 8 was sailing from Surabaya in East Java to Banjarmasin on Borneo when communications with the vessel were cut off, the Associated Press reported, citing Indonesia’s Banjarmasin Search and Rescue Office.
Authorities said the ship was last detected about 92 miles from a pier in Banjarmasin, the capital of South Kalimantan province.
Authorities are searching for the Virgo Transport 8 after the passenger ship lost contact while traveling from East Java to South Kalimantan. (EyesWideOpen/Getty Images)
Search-and-rescue personnel began looking for the vessel after receiving reports of a communications failure during its voyage, according to the AP.
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As of Sunday, officials had not reported any injuries or fatalities. The reason the ship lost contact was not immediately known, and authorities had not said whether weather conditions were complicating the search.
The Virgo Transport 8 lost contact while traveling from Surabaya to Banjarmasin, according to officials. (EyesWideOpen/Getty Images)
The Virgo Transport 8 had departed Surabaya, Indonesia’s second-largest city, and was crossing the Java Sea toward South Kalimantan when it went silent.
The search for the missing passenger ship remained underway.