Monitoring The Search For KM Ladang Pertiwi, South Sulawesi Governor Invites Residents To Pray For 42 Passengers Who Drowned

Illustration of passengers on a sinking ship. (Pixabay)

SULSEL - Governor of South Sulawesi (Sulsel) Andi Sudirman Sulaiman invited his citizens to pray for the passengers of KM Ladang Pertiwi, who had an accident in the waters of the Pangkep Islands on Thursday, May 26.

Andi conveyed this after monitoring the search for victims of the KM Ladang Pertiwi accident in the waters of the Pangkep Islands, Sunday, May 29 morning.

"Let's pray together, hopefully all the passengers who are still being searched will be found soon, safe," Andi said, as quoted by Antara.

He said officers were still conducting searches by combing several islands near the scene. A number of fishing boats also helped detect the passengers of KM Ladang Pertiwi.

"We have also mobilized medium to high and small ships. They are also moving to help us work together with the Indonesian Air Force, TNI AL, Polri, Basarnas, BPBD, and assisted by fishing boats. God willing, hopefully this joint synergy will exist more satisfying results.

Andi said the weather in the waters of the Pangkep Islands, which is currently sunny, will facilitate search efforts.

According to the Makassar Search and Rescue Office, KM Ladang Pertiwi carrying 42 people drowned in the Makassar Strait on Thursday, May 26, at around 03.30 WITA.

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

In this search process, Andi monitored using a helicopter with the Commander of the Air Operations Command II Marsda TNI Minggit Tribowo, the Chief of Staff of the Air Operations Command II Marsma TNI Djhon Amarul, the Commander of the 700/WYC Raider Infantry Battalion Major Inf Sarman, Head of the Makassar Search and Rescue Office Djunaidi, and the Head of the South Sulawesi Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Muhammad Firda.