Almost 140 missing after passenger ferry loses contact in rough seas

Family members of passengers on the ferry read updates from a whiteboard (Picture: INFUZ/AFP via Getty Images)

One person has died and around 140 people are missing after contact was lost with a passenger ferry between a pair of Indonesian islands.

Search and rescue officials have saved 103 people from the Virgo Transport 8 ship after it encountered bad weather and rough seas between Java and Borneo.

The vessel was last reported to be just under 150km from its destinati...