Using Helicopters, Governor Andi Sudirman Participates In Monitoring The Search For Victims Of The Ladang Pertiwi KM Accident In Pangkep

Governor of South Sulawesi Andi Sudirman Sulaiman with Major Inf. Sarman from Kodam XIV Hasanuddin (Via ANTARA)

MAKASSAR - Governor of South Sulawesi (Sulsel) Andi Sudirman Sulaiman participated in monitoring the search for victims of the KM Ladang Pertiwi accident in the waters of the Pangkep Islands today.

Together with military officials and the Head of the Makassar Search and Rescue Office, Djunaidi, as reported by Antara, the governor headed to the Pangkep Archipelago waters by helicopter from the Sultan Hasanuddin Air Force Base in Makassar.

KM Ladang Pertiwi carrying 43 people was reported to have had an accident in the Makassar Strait on Thursday, May 26, at around 03.30 WITA. The Search and Rescue Office (Basarnas) only received information about the shipwreck on Saturday, May 28.

A total of 17 people from the ship's passengers have been found safe and 26 others are still being searched.