雅加达：一名官员于周六（9月26日）表示，近两周前一艘渡轮在印尼爪哇海沉没，死亡人数已升至64人，救援人员延长了对数十名失踪者的搜寻。
JAKARTA: The death toll after a ferry sank in Indonesia's Java Sea almost two weeks ago has jumped to 64, an official said on Saturday (Sep 26), as rescuers extended the search for dozens still missing.
“维尔戈运输8号”载有213名乘客和30名船员，在从印尼第二大城市爪哇岛的泗水出发前往婆罗洲的万鸦老途中，与航运公司失去联系。
The Virgo Transport 8 was carrying 213 passengers and 30 crew when it lost contact with its shipping company after departing from Indonesia's second largest city Surabaya on Java island, headed for Banjarmasin on Borneo.
国家搜救机构官员尤迪·布拉曼蒂奥在新闻发布会上表示：“船上共有243人，已疏散172人，108人获救，64人死亡，仍有71人正在搜寻中。”
"Out of 243 persons onboard, 172 have been evacuated, 108 survived, 64 died, and 71 are still being searched for," National Search and Rescue Agency official Yudhi Bramantyo told a news conference. Rescuers recovered four bodies from the submerged ship on Saturday, while seven others were found along the shoreline, Yudhi said.
尤迪说，救援人员周六从沉船中打捞出4具遗体，另有7具遗体在海岸线被发现。他补充说，搜救行动将再延长7天，但每3天评估一次。
He added that the search operation would be extended a further seven days but will be evaluated every three days.
在印尼，搜救行动通常持续7天，当局可根据包括部分受害者仍可能获救的评估在内的因素延长搜救时间。
Search-and-rescue operations typically last for seven days in Indonesia, and authorities can extend them based on factors including an assessment that some of the victims could still be recovered.
海上事故在印尼经常发生，这个拥有1.7万多个岛屿的东南亚大群岛国家严重依赖船只连接进行日常运输和旅游。
Marine accidents regularly occur in Indonesia, a vast Southeast Asian archipelago of more than 17,000 islands that relies heavily on boat connections for daily transport and tourism.