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Rescuers Find Komodo Tour Boat Wreck and Recover Third Body

Teams will widen the search to locate the last missing child.

Overview

  • The wreck was located about 8 miles from the Padar Island Strait accident site near Labuan Bajo after a fisherman reported the hull and a body.
  • The recovered victim is the third confirmed fatality and was taken to a hospital for identification, officials said.
  • Seven people survived the Dec. 26 sinking, while a Spanish father and his three children were initially unaccounted for during a family holiday.
  • Earlier recoveries included Valencia CF Women’s B coach Fernando Martín Carreras, 44, and one daughter, and police said their bodies were cremated in Bali.
  • BASARNAS said the operation will expand with island sweeps, sonar and dives to find the remaining missing boy.