The joint search and rescue (SAR) team successfully evacuated the\nbodies of three victims of the KMP Virgo Transport 8 accident from the\nship\u2019s hull on Friday (18\/9).<\/p>\n
The three victims consist of two men and one woman. The bodies were\nlocated and evacuated from within the underwater hull during the\nafternoon, and at approximately 18:30 WITA, they were transferred to the\nKN SAR Kamajaya for transport to Trisakti Port, Banjarmasin.<\/p>\n
\u201cThrough hard work, high expertise, and careful risk assessment\namidst limited visibility and dynamic underwater currents, the diving\nteam successfully evacuated three victims trapped within the ship\u2019s hull\nstructure,\u201d stated the Banjarmasin SAR Office via their social media\naccount.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe three evacuated victims were immediately attended to by medical\nteams aboard the SAR vessel before being transferred to the land-based\ncommand post for further handling and identification by the DVI\n(Disaster Victim Identification) Team.\u201d<\/p>\n
The three bodies from the KMP Virgo, evacuated from the ship\u2019s hull,\narrived at Trisakti Port, Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, at\napproximately 23:00 WITA on Friday night.<\/p>\n
Basarnas and the joint team subsequently handed the three bodies over\nto the Indonesian National Police (Polri) DVI Team at Trisakti Port for\nfurther medical processing and identification.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe three victims were found trapped inside a room within the ship,\nrequiring the diving team to break glass to extract the bodies from the\ninterior of the vessel,\u201d said the Director of Operations at Basarnas,\nRear Admiral TNI Yudhi Bramastyo Nur Sasongko.<\/p>\n
The specialised diving operation involved two teams from the\nIndonesian Navy (TNI AL), including 10 personnel from the Navy Special\nForces (Kopaska) and 10 personnel from the Underwater Rescue Service\n(Dislambair) of the TNI AL Koarmada II.<\/p>\n
With the discovery of these three bodies, as of the sixth day of the\nSAR operation on Friday at 22:00 WITA, Basarnas confirmed that 117\nvictims have been found, consisting of 108 survivors and nine\nfatalities. Meanwhile, 126 individuals remain missing from the total of\n243 people listed on the KMP Virgo Transport 8 manifest.<\/p>\n
KMP Virgo Transport 8 was carrying 243 people when it departed from\nSurabaya, East Java, bound for Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, on 12\nSeptember 2026.<\/p>\n
The vessel was reported to have encountered severe weather and lost\ncontact on 13 September 2026 at approximately 02:00 WITA, before being\ndiscovered later that same day capsized in the Masalembo waters, Java\nSea.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/three-bodies-of-kmp-virgo-victims-successfully-evacuated-from-shipwreck-1789793653", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }