Virgo Transport 8 ferry capsizes and sinks in Java Sea with 82 confirmed dead and 53 missing

Summary

The Virgo Transport 8 ferry capsized and sank in the Java Sea on September 13, 2026, while traveling from Surabaya in East Java to Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan in bad weather. The vessel was carrying 243 people including 30 crew members and vehicles. As of early October, 190 people had been found: 108 survivors and 82 fatalities, with 53 people still missing. Divers broke cabin windows to search for victims but could not enter due to murky water and strong currents. Salvage operations were underway to search for remaining victims trapped inside the capsized wreck, with the search area expanded across South Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, and West Kalimantan waters.

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What remains unresolved

• no finer place named

Timeline

9 recorded change(s). The ledger starts when this event was first folded: the initial observation is not recorded as a change, so an empty timeline means nothing has moved since, not that nothing is known.

• 2026-10-06member countour measurement1 → 2reports joined

3 more change(s) — the values are part of the event detail on paid plans. 5 change(s) before the history shown here.

Sources

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• asiaone.com
  • Death toll from capsized Indonesian ship climbs as search widens for 107 missing2026-09-24
• en.antaranews.com
  • Basarnas awaits Virgo wreckage salvage to search for remaining victims2026-10-06

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