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View all search resultsSpanish family of four missing after boat sinks off Labuan Bajo
The mother and one daughter from the Spanish family, as well as four crew members and a tour guide, were rescued and safe, Basarnas said.
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Rescue teams depart in boats after a boat carrying several people sank off the coast of Indonesia in extreme weather, Spanish authorities and an Indonesian news agency said, Labuan Bajo, Indonesia, in this screengrab from the video obtained by Reuters on Dec. 27, 2025. A Spanish family, father and three of his children, have been missing since Friday night when the boat capsized in waves of up to three meters in the Padar Island Strait. (Reuters/National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS)/handout)
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our members of a Spanish family are missing after a boat carrying eleven people sank off the coast of Indonesia in extreme weather, Spanish and Indonesian authorities said on Saturday.
The father and three of his children, who were on holiday in Indonesia, have been missing since Friday night when the boat capsized in waves of up to three meters in the Padar Island Strait near the island of Labuan Bajo, a popular tourist spot.
Rescue teams searched the waters, still choppy with high waves and strong currents, from the early morning until 6 p.m. local time, finding wreckage and debris of the boat.
Authorities halted the search overnight and will resume on Sunday morning local time, Indonesia's search and rescue agency SAR said in a statement.
The mother and one daughter from the Spanish family, as well as four crew members and a tour guide, were rescued and safe, the agency added.
