Search efforts to find the missing after the Mutiara Sentosa 2 shipwreck

• Rescuers in Indonesia continue searching for possible signs of survivors after the Mutiara Sentosa 2 shipwreck; a total of 229 bodies have been found to date.
• Search efforts prompted by the Surabaya Search and Rescue Office for the Makasar vessel; the search has so far covered 232 passes at sea for 39 hours, but no more than the number of bodies on board has been increased.
• According to the information provided, the search for survivors may be difficult; the reason is still being investigated.

In the meantime, rescuers in Indonesia are continuing to search for possible signs of survivors after the Mutiara Sentosa 2 shipwreck, which occurred on the previous day in waters off Java. According to the latest reports, rescuers have found 229 bodies, and it is expected that the number of missing will be greater.

The Mutiara Sentosa 2 shipwreck was caused by a fire from the Surabaya (East Java) port to Makasar (South Sulawesi). The search for survivors has been ongoing since the fire, with 232 search passes at sea for 39 hours, and the search window is between 6:00 and 7:00 a.m. local time, while the search is being conducted in the waters off Sumenep.

Despite the search efforts, the rescue teams have not found any survivors, and the number of bodies found is increasing. The official list of missing persons is still being updated, and the number of missing may be higher than the number of bodies found. For this reason, the search is continuing.

The search is also complicated by the fact that the Indonesian authorities have not yet released any information about how many people were on board the ship at the time of the incident, and the search is being conducted under difficult conditions. As Surabaya Search and Rescue Office said, the reason may have been that the bodies were carried away by currents.

Search efforts for the Mutiara Sentosa 2 shipwreck have been complicated by the fact that the shipwreck occurred in waters with strong currents. One of the search coordinators, Ahmad Abdul Karim, said that the waves are high, and the current is strong; in addition, visibility is poor, and it is difficult to locate survivors. He also said that the search area is large and the search is being conducted in difficult conditions.

According to the information, the Mutiara Sentosa 2 shipwreck occurred in waters off Japan in 1992; the ship had been in service since 2015. The ship is 160 meters long, can accommodate 689 passengers and 49 crew members, and the ship was carrying cargo at the time of the accident.

According to the information, the ship’s last known position was in the waters between Surabaya and Makassar, about 40 kilometers deep. The authorities say that the search is being carried out by specialized teams, and it is difficult to locate survivors at such depths, as well as to identify the shipwreck site.

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