BANYUWANGI - East Java Regional Police (Polda) deployed six Polairud patrol boats and one helicopter to help search for KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya passengers who sank in the Bali Strait.
The Head of Public Relations of the East Java Police, Kombes Jules Abraham Abast, said that six Polairud ships were involved and one helicopter was to assist in the search for the victims of the KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya which sank on Wednesday (2/7) night at around 23:35 WIB on the Ketapang-Gilimanuk route.
"The Banyuwangi Police Satpolairud and 35 East Java Regional Police personnel are currently still searching," he said in his statement in Banyuwangi, East Java, Thursday, July 3.
Data from the SAR Operations Post and the Potential for Joint SAR at Ketapang Port, Banyuwangi Regency noted that 35 passengers of KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya were found safe and four of them died.
"Currently, the survivors have been evacuated and are being questioned by officers at the Gilimanuk BPTD Office," said the Head of Public Relations of the East Java Police.
KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya departed from the LCM Pier Ketapang Port (Banyuwangi) to Gilimanuk Port (Bali) at around 22.56 WIB.
Based on data on the number of passengers on the ship, there were 53 people and 12 crew members and 22 vehicles.
Until now, the joint SAR team is still searching for 30 other victims of the sinking ship, and is expanding the sweeping area to the south of the Bali Strait.
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