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JAKARTA: Indonesian rescuers launched a search operation on Sunday (Sep 13) after authorities lost contact with a passenger ship carrying more than 240 people in the Java Sea while traveling from East Java to South Kalimantan province, officials said.The Search and Rescue Office in the city of Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan, which is located on Borneo island, said it received a report two hours after contact was lost with the Virgo Transport 8 at about 2am on Sunday. The ship had departed from Surabaya, Indonesia’s second largest city in East Java province, en route to Banjarmasin.“The ship’s operator reported the incident…
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