Search and rescue teams were dispatched to the area for the 243 people aboard a passenger ship that went missing off Indonesia’s Java Island. The operation rescued 102 people and recovered one person’s body.
Contact with the ship, which was traveling from Surabaya to Banjarmasin in East Java province, was lost at around 2 a.m. local time. The ship’s operator informed the relevant units after encountering adverse weather conditions.
After contact was lost, the ship was determined to have gone missing off Java. Teams were directed to the last location where the ship was believed to be.
All available resources are being used to reach the missing people, while search and rescue operations continue under the coordination of the relevant agencies.