{"id":3338,"date":"2025-12-27T14:46:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T06:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/?p=3338"},"modified":"2025-12-27T14:46:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T06:46:49","slug":"a-family-missing-chronology-of-the-sinking-that-claimed-four-spanish-tourists-in-komodo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/a-family-missing-chronology-of-the-sinking-that-claimed-four-spanish-tourists-in-komodo\/","title":{"rendered":"A Family Missing: Chronology of the Sinking That Claimed Four Spanish Tourists in Komodo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Search and rescue teams resumed operations on Saturday for a Spanish family of four, missing after the tourist pinisi<\/a> schooner they were aboard sank in the Komodo National Park on Friday night. New details from authorities reveal the vessel lost power and succumbed to a sudden, powerful swell only 30 minutes into its voyage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Fathur Rahman, Head of the Maumere Search and Rescue Office, the wooden-hulled pinisi<\/em> departed from Komodo Island en route to nearby Padar Island at approximately 8:00 PM local time on December 26. At 8:30 PM, the vessel experienced a critical engine failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The ship experienced engine failure and sank at 8:30 PM local time,” Fathur stated on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With its primary propulsion lost, the ship was left helpless in the face of treacherous sea conditions. Stephanus Risdiyanto, Head of the Class III Harbormaster and Port Authority (KSOP) in Labuan Bajo, described the marine environment as exceptionally dangerous, with a “swell”\u2014a sudden, high wave\u2014of two to three meters striking the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The wave height that occurred in the field was a swell, a high wave that came suddenly between two to three meters and occurred in a short period,” Stephanus explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the eleven people on board\u2014six Spanish tourists, four crew members, and one tour guide\u2014seven were successfully rescued on Friday night. The four who remain missing have been identified as one family:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n