Two Crew Members Disappeared At Cemara Sewu Beach, Cilacap While Looking For Fish

Joint officers conducted a search at the location of the disappearance of two crew members at Cemara Sewu Beach, Cilacap/Photo: Doc. Cilacap Police Station

CILACAP – Two crew members (ABK) reportedly drowned in the tourist waters of Cemara Sewu Beach, Bunton Village, Adipala, Cilacap Regency, Saturday, January 15.

According to the testimony of a witness named Yasin (58), the victim used the Payang boat (Intan Mutiara) with 8 other people to look for fish. It is suspected that the boat had a sea accident.

Based on information from the Cilacap Police, the incident began on Saturday, January 15, at around 05.00 WIB. The victim and his colleagues set out on a Payang boat (Intan Mutiara GT 5) to look for fish in the sea to Bunton waters.

At around 10.00 WIB, the fisherman was looking for fish at the Cemara Sewu beach location in Bunton Village, Adipala District. At around 11.00 western Indonesia time, while pulling the fishing net, the Payang boat wobbled, tilted, and was hit by the waves so that 8 people were thrown into the sea.

Seeing his partner fall, the witness tried to help. Which can be helped aboard Andi, Ipang, and Angga. Rizal's victim was rescued by fishermen using a boat, and Dila's victim was helped by the Wahyu Jaya Mandiri 1 fishing boat who happened to be around the incident. Meanwhile, Afit, Juweni, and Toni tried to swim towards the beach. Afit survived while Juweni and Toni were missing.

The victim is currently searching for Polairud, Basarnas, SAR volunteers, TNI, and HNSI.