An Indonesian passenger vessel carrying 243 people is reported missing after it loses contact at sea, according to multiple reports. The ship is understood to have been travelling with passengers aboard when it went off the radar during a period of bad weather.
The vessel departs from Surabaya, an East Java city, and is bound for Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan. Free Malaysia Today reports that the ferry loses contact during rough conditions, while The Hindu cites an agency statement saying the ship is missing and that communication is no longer established. Both accounts focus on the same route and the same passenger count, with weather and the loss of contact described as the key factors prompting the search and investigation.
