About 130 people are missing after an Indonesian passenger ship capsized in the Java Sea.

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What we can confirm

Multiple reputable news outlets and Indonesia’s national search and rescue agency (Basarnas) report that on 13 September 2026 the passenger ferry Virgo Transport 8 capsized/overturned in bad weather in Indonesia’s Java Sea while traveling between Java and Borneo, with roughly 243 people on board and ongoing search and rescue efforts for about 130 missing passengers and crew.[1][4][5][6] Counts vary slightly by outlet (129 vs 130 missing), but all converge on approximately 130 people unaccounted for at the time of reporting, matching the claim’s wording “about 130 people are missing.”[1][3][5][6]