This handout picture taken on September 17, 2026, and released on September 18, 2026 by the Indonesian Navy shows navy personnel maneuvering their boats directly above the passenger ship Virgo Transport 8 which capsized in the Java Sea waters. (Photo by Handout / INDONESIAN NAVY / AFP)
Jakarta: The death toll from a Java Sea shipwreck has risen to nine after Indonesian Navy search and rescue teams recovered three additional bodies from the sunken vessel on Friday.
Indonesian Navy spokesperson First Admiral Tunggul said naval divers entered the sunken vessel and found the bodies of two men and a woman.
Divers also recovered 210 items from inside and around the wreckage, which will be handed over to Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee for investigation, said Galih Nurna Putra, commander of the Indonesian Navy base in Banjarmasin.
The Virgo Transport 8 was carrying 243 people from Surabaya in East Java province to Banjarmasin when it capsized in bad weather early Sunday.
According to the latest official data, 108 people have been rescued, nine have been confirmed dead and 126 remain missing.
