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        "id": 1976543,
        "msgid": "basarnas-deploys-helicopter-to-search-for-victims-of-ship-accident-in-the-java-sea-1789279120",
        "date": "2026-09-13 12:19:07",
        "title": "Basarnas deploys helicopter to search for victims of ship accident in the Java Sea",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "The National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) has deployed a helicopter from Surabaya to assist in the search for the missing Virgo Transport 8 vessel in the Java Sea. As of Sunday afternoon, search teams have successfully evacuated 103 out of 243 passengers, though several individuals remain missing.",
        "content": "<p>Basarnas has deployed one helicopter to strengthen the search for\nvictims of the Virgo Transport 8 ship accident, which lost contact in\nthe waters of the Java Sea. The aircraft was dispatched from Surabaya to\nproceed directly to the search location.<\/p>\n<p>The Head of the Banjarmasin Class A Search and Rescue Office, acting\nas SAR Mission Coordinator, I Putu Sudayana, stated that the deployment\nof aerial assets is part of the joint SAR team\u2019s efforts to optimise the\nsearch for the vessel and its passengers currently under operational\nmanagement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne Basarnas helicopter has departed from Surabaya for the search\noperation,\u201d he said during a press conference regarding the progress of\nthe SAR operation for the Virgo Transport 8 accident in Banjarmasin,\nSouth Kalimantan, on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that after arriving at Syamsudin Noor Airbase in Banjarbaru,\nBasarnas conducted coordination efforts, and by 12:30 WITA, the\nhelicopter departed from Syamsudin Noor Airport to conduct searches in\nthe Java Sea to bolster the joint SAR team\u2019s efforts to find the ship\nand its passengers.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the search operation up until Sunday afternoon involves\nall elements of the joint SAR team, including KN SAR Laksamana and KRI\nNala, which are moving alongside several other vessels to expand search\nand rescue efforts for the Virgo Transport 8.<\/p>\n<p>He mentioned that the deployment of aerial assets was carried out as\npart of the joint SAR team\u2019s maximum effort after the ship was reported\nto have lost contact in the Java Sea, while the search continues to be\ncoordinated with all elements present at the operational site.<\/p>\n<p>As of Sunday, 12:00 WITA, the joint SAR team has successfully\nevacuated 103 passengers out of a total of 243 people. Specifically, the\nvessel TB Mauhaw IX evacuated 16 people, consisting of 15 survivors and\none fatality, while TB TCP evacuated 38 people, all of whom are\nsafe.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, MV Haida evacuated 49 people in safe condition,\nbringing the total number of passengers successfully evacuated from the\nVirgo Transport 8 to 103 as of the SAR operation update on Sunday\nafternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The 16 individuals evacuated by TB Mauhaw IX will be transported to\nTuban Port according to information from the ship\u2019s captain, while\npassengers evacuated by TB TCP and MV Haida will be taken to Trisakti\nPort in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/basarnas-deploys-helicopter-to-search-for-victims-of-ship-accident-in-the-java-sea-1789279120",
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