Indonesia recovers 3 more bodies from sunken ship in Java Sea
JAKARTA: A joint search and rescue team on Friday recovered three more bodies from a ship that capsized and sank in the Java Sea, bringing the death toll to nine on the sixth day of the search, the Indonesian Navy said, reported Xinhua.
JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities recovered three more bodies from a capsized ship in the Java Sea on Friday, raising the death toll to nine, the Indonesian Navy reported. The Virgo Transport 8, carrying 243 passengers, sank early Sunday in bad weather during a voyage from Surabaya in East Java to Banjarmasin. Naval divers recovered two men and a woman from the wreckage, while also collecting 210 items for investigation by the National Transportation Safety Committee.
Commanding Officer Galih Nurna Putra of the Indonesian Navy base in Banjarmasin stated that 108 survivors have been rescued, nine are confirmed dead, and 126 people remain missing.
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