Overview
- Indonesia’s search and rescue agency said a local resident found the body near the suspected sinking site, and officials later confirmed the victim as Lía, the daughter of survivor Andrea Ortuño.
- Three people remain missing: football coach Fernando Martín and two minors who were traveling with the family near Padar in Komodo National Park.
- BASARNAS reinforced the mission with the KN Puntadewa vessel, additional crew and expert divers, broadening a sectorized search that has been hampered by rough seas.
- The meteorology agency BMKG attributes the sinking to powerful waves during severe weather, while local authorities report the vessel had lost engine power before being overwhelmed.
- The captain’s account indicates the father and three children were in a lower cabin that flooded quickly, whereas the mother and another child in an upper cabin reached a lifeboat; several crew members and a guide were also rescued.