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        "msgid": "basarnas-deploys-65-joint-divers-for-14th-day-of-km-virgo-sar-operation-1790351816",
        "date": "2026-09-25 22:09:33",
        "title": "Basarnas deploys 65 joint divers for 14th day of KM Virgo SAR operation",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Basarnas has deployed 65 divers from various agencies to continue the search for 83 missing passengers following the sinking of KM Virgo Transport 8 in the Java Sea. The operation enters its 14th day, with search efforts complicated by the unstable condition of the sunken vessel.",
        "content": "<p>Banjarmasin (ANTARA) - Basarnas has deployed 6 \u0e2165 joint divers to\ncontinue search and rescue (SAR) operations on the 14th day for the 83\nremaining victims of the KM Virgo Transport 8 accident, who are still\ntrapped inside the sunken ship in the Java Sea.<\/p>\n<p>The Head of the Banjarmasin Class A SAR Office, I Putu Sudayana,\nacting as the SAR Mission Coordinator, stated that the joint divers\nconsist of personnel from Basarnas, the Indonesian Navy, the Indonesian\nUnderwater Sports Association (POSSI), and other potential SAR\ncontributors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince yesterday, there has been an addition of 19 divers from the\nIndonesian Navy. Therefore, the total number of divers currently\navailable has reached 65,\u201d said Putu during a press conference regarding\nthe progress of the 13th day of the KM Virgo Transport 8 accident SAR\noperation at Trisakti Port, Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, on Friday\nnight.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the 65 divers are divided into several sorties on a\nrotational basis to search inside the shipwreck on the seabed using\nsimilar methods to those used previously.<\/p>\n<p>He added that diving in high-risk areas will not be conducted due to\nsafety concerns, particularly as divers cannot enter all compartments of\nthe ship because the KM Virgo Transport 8 remains tilted on the\nseabed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cActions in areas with low stability could affect the condition of\nthe ship and endanger the divers conducting the search inside the\nwreckage,\u201d said Putu Sudayana.<\/p>\n<p>As of the 13th day of the SAR operation, Friday at 22:00 WITA,\nBasarnas confirmed that 160 victims have been found, consisting of 108\nsurvivors and 52 fatalities, while 83 victims remain missing from the\ntotal of 243 people listed on the KM Virgo Transport 8 manifest.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/basarnas-deploys-65-joint-divers-for-14th-day-of-km-virgo-sar-operation-1790351816",
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