Families Of Victims Of KMP Tunu Hope SAR Operations Continue To Be Extended

The families of the victims of the sinking ship KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya remained in the waiting room of Ketapang Port, Banyuwangi Regency, East Java. ANTARA/Novi Husdinariyanto

BANYUWANGI - The families of the victims of the sinking ship in the Bali Strait are still surviving at Ketapang Port, Banyuwangi Regency, East Java, waiting for news of their families who have not been found until the ninth day or D+8 KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya sinking.

The families of the victims hoped that the search and rescue operation (SAR) would continue until their families who were also passengers of KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya were found.

"If during the extension of the SAR operation it has not been found, we hope that the search will be extended, Mr. Vice President Gibran Rakabumung Raka when he visited here all must be found," said one of the victims' families who had not been found from Singojuru Village/District, Banyuwangi Regency, East Java, Thursday, July 10.

He said his two nephews, Novan Hardiansyah (SMP) and Nawal Nurhafizah (SD), as well as his brother-in-law named M Hawaludin (28), had not been found since the Tunu ship he was traveling on sank on the Ketapang-Gilimanuk route last Wednesday 2 July.

According to Sugihariyani, the two nephews who are still in junior high and elementary school with their brother-in-law M HAhawaludin plan to go to Bali to meet their father who works in Bali as well as on vacation.

"Therefore, we hope that the search activities will be extended again by the SAR team, because we hope to be found safe, even if we don't want to see the bodies," said Sugihariyani as reported by ANTARA.

SAR operations on the ninth day today focus on underwater detection and for the ground Search and Rescue Unit (SRU) continue to carry out sweeping the search for victims in both the Ketapang (Banyuwangi) area and the Gilimanuk (Bali) area.

Data from the SAR Operations Post and the Potential for Joint SAR at Ketapang Port, Banyuwangi, said that as of Thursday morning the number of victims who died was 15 people (4 identification processes), 30 people were found safe, and 20 people were declared missing and in search.

KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya carrying 53 passengers and 12 crew members and 22 units of the vehicle sank in the Bali Strait on Wednesday, July 2, 2025.