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        "msgid": "fact-check-was-this-video-recorded-aboard-the-virgo-8-before-it-sank-1789973455",
        "date": "2026-09-21 12:56:51",
        "title": "Fact Check: Was This Video Recorded Aboard the Virgo 8 Before It Sank?",
        "author": "",
        "source": "TEMPO_EN",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "A fact-check investigation reveals that viral footage claiming to show the sinking of the KMP Virgo Transport 8 is actually from an incident involving the KMP Marina Bay in August 2026. The KMP Virgo Transport 8 recently foundered in the Java Sea, resulting in several fatalities and an ongoing search for hundreds of passengers.",
        "content": "<p>Fact Check: Was This Video Recorded Aboard the Virgo 8 Before It\nSank?<\/p>\n<p>Reporter<\/p>\n<p>September 21, 2026 | 12:56 pm<\/p>\n<p>TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A video claimed to be footage of the KMP Virgo\nTransport 8 before it sank circulated on Facebook [archive], Instagram,\nand YouTube on September 15, 2026. Lasting less than a minute, the video\nshows the scene as seawater began to flood the ship\u2019s deck and\npassengers scrambled to put on life jackets. The video was reportedly\nrecorded by one of the passengers.<\/p>\n<p>The video circulated after the ship, which was sailing from Surabaya\nto Banjarmasin, foundered on Sunday, September 13, 2026, in the\nMasalembo waters of the Java Sea.<\/p>\n<p>However, is the video truly footage recorded by a passenger of the\nKMP Virgo Transport 8 before it sank?<\/p>\n<p>FACT CHECK<\/p>\n<p>Tempo verified the content using a reverse image search and by\nconsulting credible sources. The results indicate that the events in the\nvideo were recorded aboard the KMP Marina Bay on August 13, 2026, not\nthe KMP Virgo Transport 8.<\/p>\n<p>Video Verification<\/p>\n<p>The video was first uploaded by a Facebook user named Asdianto\nTariwoba. He posted several videos showing the KMP Marina Bay\u2014which was\nsailing from Manado Port bound for Biaro and Tagulandang\u2014being battered\nby extreme weather on August 13, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>He recorded the situation before water entered the deck\u2014the moment\nwhen all passengers were already wearing life jackets. At that time, the\nKMP Marina Bay had successfully anchored at Tagulandang Port.<\/p>\n<p>The Instagram account <span class=\"citation\" data-cites=\"jufrikasumbala\">@jufrikasumbala<\/span> also reported that\nthe KMP Marina Bay encountered strong winds and high waves in North\nSulawesi waters on the same date.<\/p>\n<p>Sinking of the Virgo Transport 8<\/p>\n<p>The KMP Virgo Transport 8 departed from Surabaya Port bound for\nBanjarmasin Port on Saturday, September 12, 2026, at approximately 17:13\nWIB (Western Indonesian Time). The vessel reportedly listed and lost\ncontact in the waters near Masalembu on Sunday, September 13, 2026,\naround 02:00 WITA (Central Indonesian Time). Its last known position was\nin the Java Sea, approximately 80 miles from Banjarmasin.<\/p>\n<p>The vessel was carrying 243 people, comprising 30 crew members, 27\nship partners, 59 adult passengers, one child, and 126 drivers and their\nassistants. A total of 108 people were successfully evacuated, and six\nwere confirmed dead, while hundreds of others remain the subject of an\nongoing search operation.<\/p>\n<p>CONCLUSION<\/p>\n<p>The video claimed to be footage of KM Virgo Transport 8 passengers\nprior to the sinking is false.<\/p>\n<p>**Do you have information or claims that you want to have\nfact-checked? Contact our ChatBot. You can also send criticism,\nobjections, or feedback for this Fact-Checking article via email to\n[email protected].<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/fact-check-was-this-video-recorded-aboard-the-virgo-8-before-it-sank-1789973455",
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