Indonesia rescuers find sunken tourist boat along with body

Maumere, Indonesia: Indonesian rescuers found on Tuesday a tourist boat that sank in rough seas nearly two weeks ago, and recovered the body of one of...

Maumere, Indonesia: Indonesian rescuers found on Tuesday a tourist boat that sank in rough seas nearly two weeks ago, and recovered the body of one of two missing Spanish victims, an official said.

Seven of those on board when the boat went down in eastern Indonesia on December 26 were rescued alive, while four others -- a Spanish man and three of his children -- were declared missing.

The search mission had already recovered the bodies of the man, 44-year-old football coach Fernando Martin Carreras, and his daughter.

Fathur Rahman, head of the local search and rescue agency, said the shipwreck was found on Tuesday about 14 kilometres (8.5 miles) from the site of the accident in the Padar Island Strait, near the popular tourist destination of Labuan Bajo.

"The third victim was retrieved after we were informed by a fisherman that he had discovered a body and the hull of the boat," Fathur said at a press conference.