Overview
- Authorities cite BMKG alerts of rough seas with waves near 2.5 meters and have paused tourist departures around Padar in the Komodo area.
- Indonesian officials describe a rare sequence of three large waves that lifted, heeled and then sank the wooden tour boat, with an engine power loss also under review.
- Rescuers have recovered the body of a 12-year-old girl, confirmed by the family and pending forensic identification at Komodo Regional Hospital.
- Three people remain missing — Fernando Martín, coach of Valencia CF Femenino B, and two minors — while seven of the 11 aboard were rescued.
- The family says the operation will continue three to six more days, resources have been boosted, a piece of the vessel has been found, the focus includes locating the wreck, and Spain’s embassy in Jakarta is providing consular support.