Overview
- Eleven people were aboard the KM Putri Sakinah when it went down near Padar; seven were rescued, and four Spaniards — a father and three children — remain unaccounted for as operations continue.
- Preliminary accounts point to an engine failure and powerful waves reaching roughly three meters, according to Indonesian SAR and the Labuan Bajo port authority.
- Spain’s Foreign Ministry says consular personnel have deployed to Labuan Bajo to assist survivors and relatives, and local officials expect search efforts to last three to four days with Padar and Komodo closed to aid operations.
- Valencia CF stated that women’s B-team coach Fernando Martín and three of his children died in the sinking, and local reports link the family to Valencia’s El Coso del Mar restaurant group.
- In a separate case in Peru, 23-year-old Miguel Ángel Leguía was swept out to sea at Chocaya beach in Cañete; police and local fishermen searched without success as his parents plead for official help and cannot afford private recovery teams.