They recover a body in the area where Fernando Martín and his children are searched after the shipwreck in Indonesia

According to the statement from the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS), a resident of Serai Island saw a body floating about 0.5 nautical miles from the point of possible sinking of the ship where the Spanish were traveling. A raft of rescuers came on Monday morning to recover the lifeless remains, and they are in the process of verifying their identity.

Fathur Rahman, the BASARNAS officer who coordinates the mission, noted in a statement that the body was taken by ambulance to the Komodo Regional Hospitalin the city of Labuan Bajo, from where part of the operation is directed.

The officer did not provide details about the victim’s nationality, but did indicate that It is a woman without specifying her age.and noted that the victim’s family has also traveled to the center to carry out the identification process.

The rescuers, joined by police boats and professional divers, began this Monday the fourth day of searching for the Spaniards, one adult and three minors.

The ship joined the operation this Monday KN Puntadewa from BASARNAS, with 27 crew, including three expert diverswhich are added to the 70 troops previously deployed.

The boat for tourist use, called KM Putri Sakinahsank in the waters near the padar island -eastern Indonesia- around 8:30 p.m. on Friday (1:30 p.m. GMT), after which a search with boats and diving equipment was activated.

The four missing are Fernando Martinformer footballer and coach of the Valencia CF women’s B team; and three minors: a son of Martín and two of the children (a boy and a girl) of Andrea Ortuñorecently married to Martín.

Ortuño was also traveling on the boat but was rescued, along with another of her daughters, as sources close to the family have clarified after the initial confusion with their identities.