Had Reported Missing, SAR Team Found Elderly Fisherman Killed In Kuala Mampawah

SAR TEAM search for missing fisherman/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - Head of the Pontianak Search and Rescue (SAR) Office, West Kalimantan, Yopi Haryadi said his party managed to find M Ali Akbar (70) a fisherman from Pasir Panjang Village, Mempawah Regency, dead. is what was lost while at sea around Kuala Mempawah, Mempawah Regency, since going to sea, Saturday, April 16," said Yopi Haryadi in a written statement in Pontianak. His party received the report and conducted a search until finally the victim was found dead in the Tanjung Bangkai area. , Mempawah Regency. "We found the victim this morning at around 09.00 WIB, and the victim was found at about 305 degrees from the estimated location of the drowning victim," he said, quoted by Antara.

The joint SAR team then evacuated and took the victim's body and immediately handed it over to the family. Yopi added that the evacuation process took place without significant problems for the victim. Previously, it was reported that fisherman M Ali Akbar had not returned from fishing around Kuala Mempawah, the victim left at 05.00 WIB and should have returned at 09.00 WIB on the same day (Saturday). "The disappearance of the victim made the family and the community conduct an independent search. However, these efforts have not succeeded in knowing the position of the victim until finally he was found dead in the waters of Tanjung Bangkai, Mempawah," he said.