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Divers recover a total of 52 bodies from capsized ferry in Indonesia after a dayslong search
Divers recovered 52 bodies as authorities kept searching for 83 missing passengers and crew, with 108 survivors accounted for, officials said.
- On Friday, divers recovered 52 bodies from The Virgo Transport 8, which capsized in the Java Sea on Sept 13, while search teams continue searching for 83 individuals still missing.
- The vessel was traveling from Surabaya, East Java to Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan with 243 passengers and crew when it encountered rough seas with 3 meters waves on Sept 13.
- Rescue teams saved 108 survivors in the initial hours near the Masalembo archipelago, while divers smashed the ferry's underwater windows to access the interior and retrieve bodies.
- Recovered bodies were transported to a police hospital in Banjarmasin for identification, while Mohammad Syafii, head of the National Search and Rescue Agency, stated their primary focus remains locating missing victims.
- Authorities are preparing to salvage the wreckage from a depth of 30 meters in Indonesia, an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands where ferries are essential despite disasters occurring regularly.
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