The sea accident hit the Long Boat ship carrying 13 passengers who were the soccer team of Grandma Island, sinking after being hit by waves in the Grandma Strait of Batam City, Riau Islands.
Head of the Tanjungpinang SAR Office, Fazzli, said that of the 13 victims, five people survived and eight others are still being searched.
"The total number of victims is 13 people, the number of survivors is five, and the number of victims is in search of eight people," Fazzli said as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, June 25.
SAR operations have been carried out since the report of the sinking ship was received at around 17.50 WIB. The joint SAR team involved elements from Lantamal IV, Basarnas, Polairud Polda Kepri, Polairud Polresta Barelang, BP Batam, Bulang Police, Village officials from Setokok Island, and the local community.
Chronology of the incident, he said, at around 16.00 WIB, the Grandma Island soccer team was about to go to compete for Setokok Island, Batam City
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In the middle of the trip, the Long Boat carrying 13 people was hit by waves and overturned in the waters of the Grandma Batam Strait, about 26 km away, radial 154.5 degrees from the Batam SAR Post.
At 18.00, the Batam Search Rescue Unit (SRU) team of six people moved to the location of the ship's accident using a Rescue Car Type II equipped with a Rubber Boat with a distance of 26 km.
"The SRU estimate arrived at the location of the ship accident at 19.40 WIB," he said.
The SAR team has alerted the RIB Batam SAR Post. Until this news was revealed, the search was temporarily closed due to weather factors.
"The weather conditions are cloudy and light rain with a Southeast wind speed of 8 to 12 knots, a wave height of 0.5 to 1 meter," he said.
The search for eight other ship passengers will continue tomorrow morning at 06.00 WIB.
The list of victims is, namely, Rachel, Peri, Riko, Boge and Rehan.
Meanwhile, the victims who are still being searched are Tepok, Damar, Maher, Papat, Pai Fir, Andika, and Amirul.
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