Overview
- Indonesia’s Basarnas deployed 152 rescuers on 17 vessels across seven search units, sweeping more than 60 nautical miles in the Komodo area with side‑scan sonar and dive teams.
- Despite the expanded effort, teams reported no location of the KM Putri Sakinah or the three missing people, recovering only scattered wooden hull pieces, life jackets, a lifebuoy and foam cushions.
- The initial seven‑day search period has already been extended at Spain’s request through Sunday, with authorities signaling another review based on any new indications.
- Labuan Bajo’s tourist port has been closed to recreational boats until at least January 6 due to severe weather advisories from Indonesia’s BMKG, affecting trips to Komodo, Padar and Rinca.
- The missing are coach Fernando Martín Carreras and boys Mateo, 9, and Quique, 10; Lia, 12, was recovered deceased earlier, while Andrea and Mar, 7, survived, and police have begun interviewing 17 witnesses including crew and the operator.