Indonesia, Sept. 14 -- The National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) expanded its search area on Monday to 2,600 nautical miles in its efforts to locate 129 people who remain missing following the Virgo Transport 8 vessel accident in the Java Sea.

Search operations on the second day focused on the waters around Masalembo, radiating from the accident's reference point at coordinates 4deg31'51.82" South Latitude and 114deg02'06.88" East Longitude, with a heading of 203.94 degrees.

Head of Basarnas Mohammad Syafii said the search pattern was arranged in parallel across six sectors to ensure that operational routes between sea and air units did not overlap.

"The search area that we carried out across six sectors covers 2,600 nautical mi...