Indonesian passenger ship carrying 240 people loses contact in Java Sea, search underway

A passenger ship carrying 240 people vanished from contact in the Java Sea on Sunday, triggering an urgent search as Indonesian crews raced to locate the vessel.The Virgo Transport 8 was traveling from Surabaya, East Java, to Banjarmasin on the island of Borneo when communications with the ship were lost, The Associated Press reported, citing Indonesia’s Banjarmasin Search and Rescue Office.Authorities said the vessel was last tracked roughly 92 miles from a pier in Banjarmasin, the capita