Indonesia, Sept. 29 -- Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) deployed all available teams in Central Kalimantan to continue searching for 64 missing victims of KM Virgo Transport 8 after 18 bodies were recovered from waters off Seruyan and Sukamara.

I Putu Sudayana, head of the Banjarmasin SAR Office and SAR Mission Coordinator, said Basarnas had appointed the head of its Palangka Raya office to coordinate operations in Central Kalimantan.

"Central Kalimantan is conducting a SAR operation. All personnel have been deployed and have been searching the region, particularly coastal areas, since yesterday," Putu told a news conference here on Monday evening.

The operation involves local police, military units and communit...