Indonesian divers recover 3 bodies from capsized ferry as salvage operation begins
Rescuers recovered three more bodies as 126 people remained missing and officials prepared salvage work at the wreck site, authorities said.
- On Friday, Indonesian rescuers recovered three bodies from the Virgo Transport 8 in the Java Sea near Banjarmasin, raising the confirmed death toll to nine while 126 passengers remain missing.
- The Virgo Transport 8 capsized in bad weather early Sunday while carrying 243 people on a 20-hour voyage from Surabaya in East Java to Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan.
- Strong currents and high waves hampered search efforts for five days, said Yudhi Bramantyo, operations director at Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency, noting 108 people survived the incident.
- Authorities now plan to right the ship to facilitate rescue operations, said I Putu Sudayana, head of the Banjarmasin rescue agency, with the ship's owner leading the salvage effort.
- Indonesia is an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands where ferries are a common method of travel, though disasters occur regularly as safety enforcement often remains a challenge.
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Indonesian divers recover 3 bodies from capsized ferry as salvage oper
In this photo taken with a smartphone, rescuers carry a survivor from a passenger ferry overturned in bad weather in the Java Sea on a stretcher upon arrival at a port in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Iman Satria)
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Rescue teams in Indonesia have recovered three bodies from a capsized ferry. The bodies were located Friday while preparing to salvage the wreckage of the accident on Sunday.
Rescue teams in Indonesia recovered three bodies from a overturned ferry on Friday as they prepared to refloat the wreckage of the Sunday accident, bringing the confirmed number of dead to nine, while 126 people are still missing, authorities said.
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