Two Fishermen Missing On Bedukang Beach Found By SAR Team In Dead Condition

The SAR Team evacuated the bodies of fishermen at Bedukang Beach/ Photo: Babel SAR Team

The joint SAR team managed to find two fishermen victims who had been missing while catching fish at Bedukang Beach, Deniang Village, Riau Silip District, Bangka Regency, Monday, May 29. The victims, known as Jatnan (60) and Mansiong (54) were found dead.

"The victim was found with a heading of 27°/4Nautical Mile from the Last Known Position (LKP). It was found that the victim was floating in a dead condition," said Head of the Pangkalpinang SAR Office, I Made Oka Astawa when confirmed by VOI, Monday, May 29.

The victim was then evacuated to the Depati Bahrin Sungailiat Hospital. Furthermore, after a search was carried out again, another victim named Mansiong was found dead again.

"Mansiong was found dead with a heading of 45°/3 Nautical Mile from the Last Known Position (LKP). The two victims have been evacuated to the Bahrin Sungailiat Depati Hospital," he said.

The two victims were previously reported missing while catching fish on Sunday, May 28. The report was then forwarded to the Pangkalpinang Search and Rescue Office.

On last Sunday at around 16.30 WIB, the victim left for Bedukang Beach to catch fish. However, until Monday, May 29, at dawn, both of them had not returned home.

Then the victim's family tried to look around where the victim used to catch fish. However, the victim's family only found the victim's motorbike on the beach. Then the family contacted Kansar Pangkalpinang to ask for help.