The wreckage of the passenger ferry Virgo Transport 8, which went missing three days ago in Indonesia with 129 people onboard, has been discovered lying at a depth of 30 meters in the Java Sea.
Sea-news.az reports citing TASS, that the update was announced by the head of the local rescue service.
According to officials, authorities are currently collaborating with the Indonesian Navy to evaluate the operational feasibility of shifting or salvaging the vessel’s remains into shallower waters. Meanwhile, rescue leadership emphasized that search and rescue efforts for missing persons will continue unabated across the wider zone.
“We still hold out hope that they will be found safe and sound in the near future,” the rescue chief stated.
According to latest casualty figures, the maritime disaster has claimed 6 lives, while 108 passengers and crew members have been successfully rescued. Currently, 129 individuals remain officially unaccounted for.
The ferry, carrying a total of 243 people onboard, suffered catastrophic structural failure and lost all communications amidst a violent storm over the weekend. Official investigations into the precise causes of the shipwreck are currently underway.
