LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia — The search for the two missing sons of Valencia CF coach Fernando Martín Carreras escalated dramatically on Monday, January 5, entering its eleventh day with one of the largest and most technologically sophisticated deployments of the entire operation.
Authorities mobilized a massive joint task force comprising 153 personnel from multiple national and local agencies. The operational core is a fleet of 17 vessels, sweeping the waters around Padar Strait and the islands of Komodo National Park.
The mission’s technological reach was significantly deepened with the deployment of five separate sonar systems, including advanced multibeam sonar units.
“The joint SAR task force from the NTT Police Water and Air Directorate has also deployed an ROV and sonar, alongside the mobilization of multibeam sonar from the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) and multibeam sonar from the Kupang Navigation District to detect the presence of the KM Putri Sakinah around the incident location,” explained Fathur Rahman, Head of the Maumere Search and Rescue Office.
This intensive push follows a critical three-day extension of the search window, granted immediately after the recovery of the boys’ father on Sunday, January 4. It marks the second such extension, underscoring the unwavering commitment to locate the children, aged 9 and 10.
The scale of Monday’s operation—integrating personnel from the National SAR Agency, military, police, port authorities, the national park office, and local dive communities—reflects a transition into a decisive phase.
The use of cutting-edge multibeam sonar, capable of creating detailed three-dimensional maps of the seabed, represents a final, high-tech effort to locate the main wreckage and, with it, hopefully provide answers about the fate of the two young boys who have now been missing in the powerful Komodo currents for eleven days.
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