Basarnas: Search Continues for 71 Missing Virgo Transport 8 Victims
A total of 172 of the 243 victims of the Virgo Transport 8 passenger ship accident have been found.
The National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) announced that 71 individuals remain missing after the tragic accident of the KM Virgo Transport 8 passenger ship in the Java Sea on September 26, 2026. As of that day, 172 of the 243 victims had been found. Rescue operations continue, with the goal of locating the remaining missing persons and providing closure to their families.Basarnas Air Marshal TNI M Syafii stated that the agency will handle any discovered victims in accordance with established procedures.
The primary focus remains on locating the missing individuals and bringing them home to their families. According to the latest count, 108 of the rescued victims were in stable condition, while 64 had succumbed to their injuries. On Saturday, September 26, 2026, at 16.05 WITA, a combined diving team embarked on Sortie-IV from KN SAR Kamajaya to continue the search for the missing victims near the shipwreck site.As the afternoon operations progressed, the SAR team managed to retrieve one package from the surface.
A total of four packages were subsequently transferred to the KRI Gusti Ngurah Rai (GNR) ship for further examination. In a separate development, the Palangka Raya SAR Office reported that a black package was evacuated from Sungai Cabang, Pangkalan Bun, Kotawaringin Barat Regency on the same day at 11.52 WIB. The combined SAR team continued to enhance coordination and synergy among all its elements, both in the search of the main accident location and in areas potentially yielding additional victims.
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