Nearly Drowning, 6 Passengers of the Sinar Kencana Ship Evacuated Due to Overload

Almost Drowning, 6 Passengers of the Sinar Kencana Ship Evacuated Due to Overload/ Photo: ISt

JAKARTA - A wooden boat written KM Sinar Kencana Muara is tossed around in the waters of Pari Island, South Thousand Islands District, Thousand Islands Regency, North Jakarta.

As a result of the incident, a number of passengers were evacuated by the DKI Jakarta Gulkarmat Service ship which carried out an evaluation in the waters.

"There were 6 passengers on the KM Sinar Kencana Muara ship who were successfully rescued," said Kasiop Sudin Gulkarmat North Jakarta and Thousand Islands, Gatot Sulaeman when confirmed, Monday, March 9, 2026.

The process of evacuating the ship's passengers was carried out by 4 personnel using rescue boat 02. The evacuation process lasted for 20 minutes.

Fortunately, there were no casualties or injuries as a result of this incident. Meanwhile, the incident occurred when the ship departed from Muara Keronjo, Tangerang to Kelapa Island.

"In the middle of the journey, the weather was rainy and the waves were strong. At that time, the ship was overloaded so that water entered the ship," he said.

In addition, the ship's engine also experienced engine failure until it was tossed around for 30 minutes around Pari Island to Tikus Island.

"There were passengers who contacted the damkar officer of pari island. Then rescue boat 02 from pari island headed for the ship and managed to evacuate passengers to the nearest island," he said.