Indonesia Continues Search For Hundreds Missing In Capsized Ship
- Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency will continue searching the Java Sea for people missing after the Virgo Transport 8 ferry sank.
- The latest operation confirmed 10 deaths, 108 survivors, and 125 people still missing.
- Basarnas plans to use a remotely operated vehicle to guide divers, while strong currents have hindered the search.
- Basarnas stationed an HR 36012 helicopter offshore to support emergency evacuations across the search area.
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Indonesia continues search for hundreds missing in capsized ship
Indonesian authorities will continue searching on Monday for more than a hundred people still missing after a passenger ship sank in the Java Sea last week.
The passenger ship "Virgo Transport 8" was carrying 243 people, including 30 crew members, when it capsized due to bad weather conditions early in the morning of September 13. The post Searches continue for hundreds missing from the shipwreck in Indonesia – At least 10 dead appeared first on in.gr.
Basarnas has extended the search and rescue operation for victims of the KM Virgo Transport 8 which sank in the Java Sea for the next seven days.
Divers are prepared to have experience in SAR operations for Lion Air and Sriwijaya Air plane crashes.
At least 10 dead. The article 125 missing from the shipwreck in Indonesia – Searches continue appeared first on Documento.
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