Indonesia continues search for hundreds missing in capsized ship

This handout photo taken and released on September 20, 2026 by Indonesia's Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) shows rescue officials carrying body bags with the remains of victims recovered from the Virgo Transport 8 ship accident, upon arrival by helicopter at Syamsudin Noor Airport in Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan. Indonesian authorities extended their search on September 19 for dozens of people still missing after a passenger ferry sank in the Java Sea last week, a rescue official said. - Handout/Indonesia's Search and Rescue Agency(BASARNAS)/AFP

JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities will continue searching on Monday (Sept 21) for more than a hundred people still missing after a passenger ship sank in the Java Sea last week, with the confirmed death toll now at 10, its rescue agency said on Sunday.

The passenger ship, Virgo Transport 8, was carrying 243 people, including 30 crew members, when it capsized in bad weather early on September 13 during a 20-hour voyage from Surabaya in East Java to Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan.

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这张由印尼搜救局（BASARNAS）于2026年9月20日拍摄并发布的照片​​显示，救援人员用直升机将装有“维尔戈运输8号”客轮事故遇难者遗体的裹尸袋运抵南加里曼丹省班贾尔马辛市的沙姆斯丁努尔机场。一名救援官员表示，印尼当局于9月19日扩大了搜寻范围，寻找上周在爪哇海沉没的客轮上数十名失踪人员。——印尼搜救局（BASARNAS）/法新社

雅加达：印尼救援机构周日表示，印尼当局将于周一（9月21日）继续搜寻上周在爪哇海沉没的一艘客轮上仍有100多人失踪，目前已确认的死亡人数为10人。

9 月 13 日清晨，载有 243 人（包括 30 名船员）的客轮“处女座运输 8 号”在从东爪哇泗水前往南加里曼丹班贾尔马辛的 20 小时航程中遭遇恶劣天气而倾覆。

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