YOUTUBE (CNN) - Search intensifies for 129 people missing in Java Sea
Over 100 people are still missing at sea after a ferry capsized as rescuers battle rough waves to find them. CNN’s Mike Valerio reports.
ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - Search underway after Indonesian passenger ship carrying hundreds loses contact
Indonesian rescuers have launched a search operation after a passenger ship carrying more than 240 people lost contact in the Java Sea while traveling from East Java to South Kalimantan on Borneo island
NEWSCATS (MeighTimbol) - Palawan Ferry Inferno: 5 Dead, Dozens Missing as Rescue Race Continues
This screengrab of the handout video from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) taken on Sept. 9, 2026, and received on September 10, 2026, shows the ferry that caught fire off Palawan. At least five people [...]
YOUTUBE (CNN) - Ferry decimated by deadly blaze in popular tourist spot
Dozens were rescued after a ferry caught fire off Palawan island in the Philippines, as search and rescue operations continue for more than 80 people still unaccounted for. #cnn #news #philippines
NPR (The Associated Press) - A blaze on an Indonesian passenger ferry leaves at least 5 dead and dozens missing
An Indonesian ferry carrying 271 people has caught fire in waters off Madura island, killing at least five people and leaving 41 others unaccounted for, authorities said
AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Indonesian ferry fire kills five, leaves 41 missing as navy scrambles rescue near Madura Island
A fire aboard the Indonesian ferry KMP Mutiara Sentosa 2 killed five people and left 41 missing off the coast of Madura Island, forcing desperate passengers to jump overboard as flames consumed most of the vessel. The ferry, carrying roughly 250 passengers and crew, had departed the port city of Surabaya bound for Makassar, a […] The post Indonesian ferry fire kills five, leaves 41 missing as navy scrambles rescue near Madura Island appeared first on American Almanac .
A fire aboard the Indonesian ferry KMP Mutiara Sentosa 2 killed five people and left 41 missing off the coast of Madura Island, forcing desperate passengers to jump overboard as flames consumed most of the vessel. The ferry, carrying roughly 250 passengers and crew, had departed the port city of Surabaya bound for Makassar, a route stretching across the Java Sea, when the blaze broke out early on July 31. The captain radioed a fire report between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. local time. Then communication went dead. More than an hour passed before the Surabaya Search and Rescue Office received the alert, at 8:24 a.m. By late morning, roughly 200 passengers had been transferred to nearby rescue vessels, but 40 people still remained trapped aboard…Open
NEWSCATS (MeighTimbol) - Deadly Ferry Fire Off Indonesia Leaves Five Dead, Dozens Missing as Massive Rescue Operation Continues
This screen grab from a handout video taken and released on August 2, 2026, by Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas), shows the passenger ship Mutiara Sentosa 2 catching fire in the waters off [...]