Minister of Transportation (Menhub) Dudy Purwagandhi revealed the search for KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya which sank in the waters of the Bali Strait, Ketapang, Banyuwangi, found a bright spot. He said the joint SAR team had succeeded in finding the wreck in an inverted position.
"I have received information that KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya was found in a reversed position," Dudy said in an official statement, Monday, July 14.
Dudy appreciated the performance of the joint SAR team for the past 10 days who were so persistent in finding the ship's position and the victims who had not been found.
After the discovery of the ship's position, continued Dudy, the joint SAR Team will carry out planning the appointment of ships taking into account safety, given the swift underwater currents in the Bali Strait.
The ship's removal process will be carried out with a strict SOP (standard operating procedure) to ensure safety aspects of the team. It is hoped that the ship's removal process can run smoothly so that it can help further investigations," he said.
For your information, the joint SAR team managed to find and visualize the carcass of KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya in a reversed condition on the seabed of the Bali Strait on Saturday, July 12.
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Deputy for Search and Rescue Operations for Basarnas Preparedness and Preparedness, Ribut Eko Suyatno, said the marine Search and Rescue Unit (SRU) team carried out underwater SAR operations and received a visual position of KMP Tunu at the reference point of eight.
"Alhamdulillah, the marine SRU team used an underwater camera and got a visual object (KMP Tunu) in a reversed condition and the ship's name was also listed," Eko said at a press conference at Ketapang Port, Banyuwangi, East Java, Saturday.
As of Saturday, July 12, or D+10 of the victim search operation, the joint SAR team has also found 18 victims who died. Thus, the number of passengers of KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya who have been found now stands at 48, with details of 30 survivors and 18 deaths.
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