The Babel SAR Team Gathered 17 Pieces Of Heli Belonging To The Police Who Had Fallen, There Were Crew-Owned Bags

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JAKARTA - The Bangka Belitung Islands SAR team managed to evacuate 17 pieces of the BO-105 type lost contact helicopter crash registration number P-1103 belonging to the National Police in East Belitung waters.

"Currently, these ill-fated helicopter fragments have been collected and recorded at the post," said Head of the Bangka Belitung Islands Basarnas, I Made Oka Astawa in Manggar, Monday, November 28.

The helicopter fragments belonging to the National Police that were found included oil fuel reserves tanks (BBM), passenger seat seats, backpacks of victims and others with a total of 17 pieces of debris.

"These helicopters were not only found by the SAR team, but also from fishermen who went to sea around the crash site of the helicopter," he said.

He stated that this debris was not far from the discovery of one victim of the Bripda Muhammad Khoirul Anam (technical) helicopter found at Manggar Bird Beach, East Belitung on Monday (28/11) at 08.17 WIB.

"With a search area of 68 Nautical Mile, then if the victim is found, he will be evacuated using a rubber boat and evacuated to the East Belitung Hospital," he said.

The Head of Public Relations of the Babel Islands Police, Kombes Maladi, appealed to the captain of the ship and fishermen who passed at the point where the helicopter crashed, to participate in monitoring and reporting if they found victims or debris of this helicopter to the nearest security posts.

"We would like to thank an East Belitung fisherman who reported the discovery of the helicopter debris to the East Manggar Belitung police, and this is very helpful for the SAR team in optimizing the search for victims and the carcass of this ill-fated helicopter," he said.