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  "id": 7069733,
  "title": "Rescuers searching for 140 people from Indonesian passenger ship",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/rescuers-searching-for-140-people-from-indonesian-passenger-ship-7069733",
  "topic": "world",
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  "published": "2026-09-13T06:18:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Age",
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    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/world/asia/rescuers-searching-for-140-people-from-indonesian-passenger-ship-20260913-p60wxk.html?ref=rss"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Indonesian authorities are searching for 140 people from a passenger ship that went missing in the Java Sea. The ship, Virgo Transport 8, had set sail from Surabaya in East Java to Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan on Saturday.\n\nThe ship was carrying 243 people when it lost contact with authorities early on Sunday during bad weather. According to the Search and Rescue Office in Banjarmasin, 103 people have been evacuated using different ships, with one of them reported dead.\n\nRescuers have launched a search, deploying a team, ships, and a helicopter towards the passenger vessel's last known position, which was about 148 kilometres from Banjarmasin in the Java Sea.",
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        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "Indonesian Ship Carrying 240 Passengers Loses Contact In Java Sea, Search On",
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        "published": "2026-09-13T03:08:33.000Z"
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        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Indonesian ship with 241 people aboard loses contact in Java Sea",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/indonesian-ship-with-241-people-aboard-loses-contact-in-java-sea",
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        "title": "Search for Indonesian passenger ship which has lost contact",
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        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Search launched after Indonesian ship with 241 aboard goes missing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/search-launched-after-indonesian-ship-with-241-aboard-goes-missing",
        "published": "2026-09-13T04:05:32.000Z"
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        "outlet": "ABC News (US)",
        "title": "Search underway after Indonesian passenger ship carrying hundreds loses contact",
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        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Search underway for Indonesian passenger ship carrying 240 people after it loses contact",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/search-underway-for-indonesian-passenger-ship-carrying-240-people",
        "published": "2026-09-13T04:37:50.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Indonesia Launches Search For Passenger Ship With Over 240 Aboard After Contact Lost In Java Sea",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/indonesia-launches-search-for-passenger-ship-with-over-240-aboard",
        "published": "2026-09-13T04:59:18.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/who-is-kaegan-jude-solet-search-underway-for-person-of-interest-in",
        "published": "2026-09-13T05:39:47.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Rescuers searching for 140 people from Indonesian passenger ship",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/rescuers-searching-for-140-people-from-indonesian-passenger-ship",
        "published": "2026-09-13T06:18:04.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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