JAKARTA - A joint SAR team is carrying out an operation to search for workers who were swept away by the waters of Poto Island in front of PT Bintan Alumina Indonesia (BAI), in Bintan Regency, Riau Islands Province (Kepri).
Head of the Tanjungpinang SAR Office Fazzli said that this incident was reported to have occurred on Monday, January 19 at around 14.10 WIB when the victim named Malik was swimming around the area of the drilling pontoon owned by PT. Shandong Geological Exploration.
"The victim was suddenly dragged by the strong current and shouted for help," said Fazzli in his statement in Tanjungpinang City, Tuesday, quoted by Antara.
Hearing the screams, said Fazzli, two of the victim's colleagues, Ranggi and Reza Ade Jumawar, immediately jumped into the sea to provide assistance.
However, unfortunately, the two were carried away by the very strong current. Ranggi managed to save himself to the top of the pontoon and immediately asked for help from other employees around the location. Meanwhile, Malik and Reza were swept away by the current and could not be evacuated.
In the initial search at the scene, he said, the victim Reza was found dead. The victim is a resident of Bina Maju Village, Gunung Lengkuas Subdistrict, East Bintan District.
Meanwhile, another victim, Malik, has so far been declared missing and is still being searched by the joint SAR team. Malik is a resident of Ganet, Tanjungpinang City, who is listed as a worker at PT. Shandong Geological Exploration.
Fazzli explained that the Tanjungpinang SAR Office had just received official information about the incident from the East Bintan Police Chief, Ipda Daeng Salamun, on Monday, January 19 or at 19.00 WIB.
After that, his party immediately coordinated with the Bintan Police, Bintan Polair, and Kijang AL Post, to validate the chronology and the coordinates of the incident, which was at the position 0∘53′32.1"N−104∘40′23.3"E.
On Monday at 19.15 WIB, a rescue team consisting of four personnel was dispatched to the Location of the Accident (LKK) using a Rescue Car Type II, a rubber boat, and a motorboat. The distance from the scene was about 11.15 nanometers from the Tanjungpinang SAR office.
"The team focused on surface searches around the waters of Poto Island to find the whereabouts of the victim Malik," said Fazzli.
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