BNPP Is Still Looking For 2 Brothers And Sisters Who Disappeared In The Waves At Glagah Beach, DIY

Officers search for 2 brothers who were swept away by the waves at Glagah Beach, Kulon Progo Yogyakarta/ Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - The Yogyakarta National Search and Rescue Agency (BNPP) together with the Kulon Progo Regency Search and Rescue Team, Yogyakarta Special Region (DIY), conducted a search for two tourists who were dragged by the waves at Glagah Beach Breakwaters, Sunday, March 27.

Head of the Yogyakarta Basarnas Office, L. Wahyu Efendi in Wates, the capital city of Kulon Progo Regency, said that his party received information from the SAR Coordinator of Satlinmas Region 5 Glagah Beach, Aris Widiyatmoko, that there had been a dangerous condition for humans, two tourists were dragged by the waves at Glagah Beach.

"We have deployed full personnel to search and rescue the drowning victims," said Wahyu Effendi, Antara, Sunday, March 27.

He said the chronology of the accident at Glagah Beach Breaker began when the first victim was sitting on the beach when suddenly a big wave came, so that it was dragged to the shoreline.

Then, the victim, two people who were nearby helping the first victim, were already in their hands, but the two victims were swept away by the current to the south by the big waves so that they entered the sea trench.

The two victims are brothers. One victim is Ivander Tristan Zahwan (9), a male and two victims are Oktafiansah Rahmadan Zahwan (18), a male from Kotagede, Yogyakarta.

"The two victims are separated and missing, members of the Satlinmas SAR helped safety but the victim has disappeared," he said.

Receiving the report, the Yogyakarta Basarnas Office dispatched a "rescue" team from the Kulon Progo Basarnas standby unit equipped with "water rescue" equipment.

"After arriving at the location, the rescue team from the Kulon Progo standby unit immediately coordinated with the SAR Satlinmas area 5 Glagah and the Ditpolair Polda DIY," said L. Wahyu Efendi.

Meanwhile, the coordinator of SARSatlinmas Region 5 Glagah Aris Widyatmoko said the waves were still big and members of the Satlinmas repeatedly advised visitors not to bathe in the sea.

"Until now the two victims are being searched by the joint SAR team," he said.