4 Days Lost, SAR Team Finds Stranded Fisherman At East Lombok Pier

EAST LOMBOK - The SAR team Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) finally found the owner of a boat stranded at the New Village Pier of Tanjung Luar Village, Keruak District, East Lombok Regency, after searching in the local waters. Head of the Mataram SAR Office Lalu Wahyu Efendi said that his party received a report from a resident named Sahman and the potential for SAR East Lombok, that the victim was found safe and had been taken to the Keruak Hospital. "We checked the correctness of the victim's findings by visiting the hospital," he said, quoted by ANTARA, Sunday, February 25. Arriving at the Keruak Hospital, the joint SAR team coordinated with the hospital and family, with the result that the person found was a victim who was wanted on behalf of Rozi (30) from Poton Bako, Jerowaru Village, Jerowaru District, East Lombok Regency. "The victim was found in a weak condition, a distance of about 1.66 Nm from the estimated location of the missing victim," he added. Previously, the Mataram SAR Team conducted a search for fishermen who reportedly disappeared after the boat was stranded and found residents at the Kampung Baru Pier, Tanjung Luar Village, Keruak District, East Lombok District, East Nusa Tenggara (NTB) on Tuesday (20/02). The boat was first seen by the anglers, the boat engine was alive and hit the dockpole. The canoe belongs to Rozi (30) a resident of Poton Bako, Jerowaru Village, Jerowaru District, East Lombok. He went to sea looking for a squid at around 19.30 WITA on Sunday (18/2), he said.

After receiving information, the Kayangan SAR Post Rescue Team together with the TNI, Polri, BPBD, Damkar, East Lombok SAR Unit, residents/nelayan residents conducted a search in the waters of Tanjung Luar. The search was carried out along the Tanjung Luar beach area or around the victim's boat. Five days later the victim was found in a weak condition by a fisherman at a distance of about 1.66 Nm from the point where the victim was estimated missing.