{
  "id": 9435925,
  "title": "Nine Bodies Recovered From Virgo 8 Wreckage on 11th SAR Day",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/nine-bodies-recovered-from-virgo-8-wreckage-on-11th-sar-day",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T23:03:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tempo.co English",
    "slug": "tempo-co-english",
    "url": "https://en.tempo.co/read/2120205/nine-bodies-recovered-from-virgo-8-wreckage-on-11th-sar-day"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On the 11th day of the search and rescue operation for the Virgo Transport 8 ship accident in the Java Sea, divers from Basarnas Special Group (BSG) and the Indonesian Navy successfully recovered nine bodies on Wednesday. Head of the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas), Mohammad Syafii, disclosed that these victims were pulled from the shipwreck despite challenging underwater currents and visibility conditions. The bodies were transferred to the rescue vessel KN SAR Pacitan and airlifted to the Sjamsudin Noor Air Force Base in Banjarbaru, where they were subsequently sent to Bhayangkara Hospital in Banjarmasin for identification and further processing.\n\nSyafii commended the dedication and bravery of the entire SAR team, emphasizing that their relentless efforts led to the recovery of these nine victims. The team continued their search, ultimately recovering all nine bodies between the morning and afternoon. As of 17:00 on Wednesday, Basarnas had accounted for 135 individuals, 108 of whom were confirmed survivors, and 27 were identified as fatalities. A total of 108 people remained missing, out of the 243 people listed on the ferry's manifest. The missing count does not include a body found by fishermen in Central Kalimantan on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, which is being identified at Bhayangkara Hospital in Banjarmasin to determine if it is related to the Virgo Transport 8 accident or from another cause.",
  "summary": "Nine bodies are recovered from the Virgo Transport 8 wreckage on the 11th day of the SAR operation, with 108 people still missing.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}