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        "id": 1995846,
        "msgid": "authority-urges-coastal-communities-to-report-missing-virgo-8-victims-1790092249",
        "date": "2026-09-22 21:56:44",
        "title": "Authority urges coastal communities to report missing Virgo 8 victims",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_EN",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "The Banjarmasin Class A Search and Rescue Office has launched an information campaign across coastal regions from Kalimantan to Java to locate victims of the Virgo 8 vessel sinking. Despite the recovery of three bodies, deteriorating weather conditions and rising waves in the Java Sea are complicating ongoing search and rescue operations.",
        "content": "<p>Head of the Banjarmasin Class A Search and Rescue (SAR) Office and\nthe SAR Mission Coordinator, I Putu Sudayana, on Tuesday said the\ninformation dissemination with coastal communities is part of the SAR\neffort, running alongside the joint team\u2019s search operations at the\nwreck of the vessel, which sank in the Java Sea.<\/p>\n<p>The agency is also broadcasting information to vessels via electronic\nalerts and maritime notices, ensuring that any party encountering a\nvictim can immediately notify the SAR team to expedite the evacuation\nprocess.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInformation has been disseminated across coastal areas stretching\nfrom Central Kalimantan to West Kalimantan; meanwhile, in Java, the\noutreach covers the region from Surabaya to Semarang, Central Java,\u201d\nSudayana noted.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, these measures aim to widen the reach of\nsearch-related information, allowing victims found outside the primary\noperational zone to be quickly identified and assisted by the SAR\nteam.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the 10th day of SAR operations at the accident site,\nSudayana reported that weather conditions deteriorated on Tuesday\nafternoon, with wave heights rising to between 2 and 2.5 meters starting\naround 14:00 Central Indonesian Time (WITA).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the morning, the joint diving team successfully recovered the\nbodies of three victims. However, only one dive sortie was conducted in\nthe afternoon, yielding no results. We hope the next search phase will\nproduce better outcomes,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing concerns that victims\u2019 remains could be swept away after\ndivers broke parts of the vessel\u2019s windows, Sudayana said the victims\nwere found inside compartments with relatively weak currents, making it\nunlikely they would be carried away.<\/p>\n<p>Related news: 34 divers to search for 120 missing in sunken Virgo\nTransport 8<\/p>\n<p>Related news: Virgo Transport 8 owner pledges support for ship\naccident victims<\/p>\n<p>Related news: Police helicopter carries two Virgo Transport 8\nvictims<\/p>\n<p>Translator: Tumpal Andani, Resinta Sulistiyandari<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/authority-urges-coastal-communities-to-report-missing-virgo-8-victims-1790092249",
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