{
  "id": 9135082,
  "title": "KM Virgo Transport 8 Death Toll Rises to 18, 117 Still Missing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/km-virgo-transport-8-death-toll-rises-to-18-117-still-missing",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-22T11:59:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tempo.co English",
    "slug": "tempo-co-english",
    "url": "https://en.tempo.co/read/2120092/km-virgo-transport-8-death-toll-rises-to-18-117-still-missing"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The death toll from the sinking of the KM Virgo Transport 8 has risen to 18, with 117 people still missing as of September 22, 2026, according to data from Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas). Trunoyudo Wisnu Andiko, head of the Public Information Bureau at the Indonesian National Police headquarters, confirmed that nine victims have been identified and handed over to their families, while the remaining nine are still undergoing identification. The Indonesian National Police, through its Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) team, is actively working to identify the victims by comparing ante-mortem data collected from families with post-mortem data obtained from examinations of the bodies. So far, 126 people listed on the passenger manifest have been found, including 108 survivors, while 117 remain missing.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}