Indonasia: A passenger plane delivering 243 people went missing in the Java Sea tween bad weather in Indonesia early Sunday morning. After losing contact with the ship, the country's search and rescue organ has started a rescue operation to search for it.
Was the ship going from Surabaya to Banjarmasin?
According to the search and rescue agency, the ship named Virgo Transport 8 had departed from Surabaya municipality in East Java on Saturday. It was to reach Banjarmasin municipality in South Kalimantan. Meanwhile, contact with the ship was lost tween bad weather in the Java Sea.
The organ said that at present the ship cannot be contacted and its word-for-word location has moreover not been known.
Were 103 people evacuated safely?
The rescue organ said that so far 103 people have been safely evacuated from the ship which was reported missing. However, information regarding the current condition of the remaining people on workbench the ship has not been revealed yet.
A rescue team has been dispatched to the last known location of the ship. Rescue teams are searching for the ship and its people tween bad weather.
Is ferry travel worldwide in Indonesia?
In Indonesia, which has well-nigh 17 thousand islands, ferries and passenger ships are used extensively to go from one place to another. Sea travel is cheaper and increasingly hands misogynist to worldwide people than air travel.
However, questions have been raised older moreover regarding the safety of maritime transport in the country. At many places, maritime accidents have been occurring due to lack of strict trueness to safety rules.
At present, rescue agencies are rented searching for Virgo Transport 8 and efforts are stuff made to unearth the condition of all the people on board.
