Indonesia, Sept. 15 -- The KRI Canopus warship will join the search for the victims of Virgo Transport 8 ship accident underwater on Tuesday, the third day of the operation, after bad weather hampered diving efforts.

Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) Chief Mohammad Syafii said divers, including personnel from the Indonesian Navy's Kopaska special forces, Navy specialist diving teams and Basarnas, could not be deployed because the weather conditions remained unsafe.

"KRI Canopus is en route and will arrive on Tuesday morning to support underwater searches using its available technology as an alternative to diving, which has been limited by weather," Syafii told journalists at the city of Banjarmasin's Trisakti Port...