TANJUNGPINANG - The Tanjungpinang Search and Rescue Office (SAR), Riau Islands (Kepri), assisted in the search for a crew of the SSCC Wadi Alrayan ship that crashed and then disappeared in Singapore waters.
Head of the Tanjungpinang SAR Office Fazzli said that his party through the SAR Com Center received a report on the incident from the Singapore Maritime Rescue Coordination Center (MRC), Thursday (30/10), at 07.05 Singapore time.
Meanwhile, the victim fell into the sea at 05.30 Singapore time. The victim is an Egyptian foreigner named Mohamed Abdelwahab Mahmoud Hassan Omar (40).
"Based on information from the Singapore Maritime and Port Authority (MPA), the victim wore a black shirt and pants without a life jacket," Fazzli said in a statement received by Antara, Friday, October 31.
After coordinating with the Singapore MPA, said Fazzli, the Tanjungpinang SAR Office then deployed the Purworejo SAR State Ship (KN) and RIB 03 Batam to assist in the search for victims.
A total of 26 rescue teams from the Tanjungpinang SAR Office were involved in this SAR operation, assisted by rescue teams from the Directorate of Polair of the Riau Islands Police.
He explained that the search for victims was divided into three sectors, including the one KN SAR Purworejo sector in the waters of Tanjung Pinggir Sekupang Batam to Batu Ampar Waters, Batam.
Then, the second sector of RIB 03 Batam and Sea Rider Polair of the Riau Islands Police in the waters of Pulau Behind Padang and the waters of Pulau Kecil Arah Barat, Batam Island.
Then, sector three of KRI ALAMANG 644 in the East Waters of Nipah Island to North Waters, Pemping Island.
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Meanwhile, from MRCC Singapore deployed three main marine equipment and one aircraft in the process of carrying out SAR operations. Until 17:50 WIB, Thursday, the search for victims was still nil.
"The search then continued with monitoring, evaluating the first day of SAR operation and planning the second day of SAR operation," said Fazzli.
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