US EditionIndonesia Ends Search for Spanish Boy Missing Since Boat Sinking
Indonesian authorities ended the two-week search after recovering multiple bodies and a sunken boat; police investigate the captain and crew for possible negligence causing deaths.
- On Friday, Indonesian authorities ended the search, and Fathur Rahman, head of the local search and rescue agency, said `is closed, but we will continue monitoring` for one victim.
- The boat sank on Dec 26 in rough seas, prompting a multiweek search complicated by shifting sea currents and Indonesia's maritime risks across around 17,000 islands.
- Rescuers recovered the bodies of Fernando Martin Carreras and one daughter, found one son on Jan 6 with the boat, and rescued seven people including the family's mother.
- Authorities said the police are investigating the tourist boat's captain and a crew member for possible negligence, with Henry Novika Chandra stating `Investigators believe there was an element of negligence in the operation of the ship`.
- The victims included a Spanish family near Labuan Bajo, and the victim's family expressed gratitude for rescuers' all-out effort, Fathur said, while officials highlighted safety issues across Indonesia's archipelago of around 17,000 islands.
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The Straits TimesIndonesia ends search for Spanish boy missing since boat sinking
MAUMERE, Indonesia: Indonesian authorities ended the search on Friday (Jan 9) for the final passenger missing from a tourist boat that sank in rough seas two weeks ago, officials said.Resc
Indonesia ends search for Spanish boy after tourist boat sinking near Labuan Bajo
MAUMERE (Indonesia), Jan 9 — Indonesian authorities ended the search on Friday for the final passenger missing from a tourist boat that sank in rough seas two weeks ago, officials said.Rescuers found the sunken vessel this week and recovered a body, identified as a Spanish boy whose family was on board when the boat sank in eastern Indonesia on December 26.A 10-year-old boy from the same family was the last missing person from the sinking in the…
Indonesia's rescue teams closed the operation this Friday to find Quique, the 10-year-old Valencian boy still missing after two weeks of search, after he wrecked on December 26 a tourist boat in the waters of Komodo National Park with a Spanish family, with three deceased and two survivors.Continue reading...
On Friday, Indonesia's rescue teams finished the operation to find Quique, the 10-year-old Valencian boy still missing after two weeks of searching, after he wrecked on December 26 a tourist boat in Komodo National Park waters with a Spanish family, with three deceased and two survivors.
The Indonesian authorities have announced the end of the search for the minor who is still missing after shipwrecking the tourist boat in which he was traveling with the rest of his family, as EFE advances. The conclusion of the mission was announced by officials of the National Agency for Search and Rescue (BASARNAS) of Indonesia, which coordinated the wide deployment, during a appearance in the city of Labuan Bajo.The ships that have tracked f…
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