A search-and-rescue operation was launched after contact was lost with a passenger ship carrying 243 people off Indonesia’s Java Island. The operation rescued 102 people and recovered one body.
Contact with the ship, which was traveling from the city of Surabaya to Banjarmasin in East Java province, was lost at around 2:00 a.m. local time. The ship’s operator notified the relevant authorities after the vessel encountered adverse weather conditions.
After contact was lost, the ship was determined to have gone missing off Java. Search-and-rescue teams were dispatched to the last area where the ship was believed to be located.
All available resources were being used to find the missing people, while the operation continued under the coordination of the relevant agencies.