Sunken tourist boat and another body found after Spanish soccer coach and 3 children disappear in Indonesia

Indonesian rescuers found a tourist boat that sank in rough seas nearly two weeks ago, and recovered the body of one of the two missing Spanish victims, an official said.

Seven of the people who were on board when the ship sank in eastern Indonesia on December 26 were rescued alive, while four others, a Spaniard and three of his children, were declared missing.

He search mission They had already recovered the man’s bodies, 44-year-old soccer coach Fernando Martín Carreras and his daughter. Martín is the coach of Valencia CF’s women’s soccer B team, BBC News reported.

Fathur Rahman, head of the local search and rescue agency, said the wreck was found on Tuesday about 8 miles from the crash site in the Strait of Padar Island, near the popular tourist destination of Labuan Bajo.

“The third victim was recovered after a fisherman informed us that he had discovered a body and the hull of the boat,” Fathur said at a news conference.

The body was taken to the hospital for identification, he added.

Carreras’ wife and one of his daughters were among those rescued alive when the ship sank. Authorities said the family was on vacation in Indonesia. Komodo National Park area.

The search for the latest missing victim, a child from the same family, will continue on Wednesday, the rescue official said.

The search has included “sweeping nearby islands, deploying sonar and conducting dives” and will now be expanded to cover a larger area, Fathur added.

The search area had doubled from the initial one centered on a 5.6-mile radius from the sinking site, where rescuers found the wreckage of the ship, Rahman previously said. Rescuers carried out intensive searches in the waters surrounding Padar Island, including near the small islands of Serai, Pengah, Papagarang, Siaba Besar and the northern island of Kanawa.

Indonesia is an archipelago with more than 17,000 islands, where boats are a common means of transportation. Due to lax safety regulations and overcrowding problems, accidents occur frequently.

Komodo National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, famous for its rugged landscapes, pristine beaches and an endangered lizard, the Komodo dragon. The park attracts thousands of international visitors for diving, hiking and wildlife tours.