The Search for the Missing National Police NBO-105 Pilot and Helicopter in East Belitung Waters is Still Underway

TIM SAR conducted a search for police helicopters and pilots in the waters of Belitung TIMur/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - A joint team from the East Belitung Police is still searching for the NBO-105 P-1103 Police helicopter and a pilot named AKP Arif Rahman Saleh. This time the search process was carried out on a small scale in Manggar Waters, East Belitung, Monday, December 12.

"For one more victim (the helicopter pilot) is still in the search process, it was taken by the Beltim Police and a small-scale team," said a VOI source at the East Belitung Police, Monday, December 12.

According to the source, the search was carried out at a predetermined location using a patrol unit. The East Belitung Police also issued an information appeal to the surrounding community.

Meanwhile, Public Relations of the Kansar Pangkalpinang Ahmad Syamsuddin confirmed that the search for the body of the BO-105 P1103 helicopter and the victim pilot named AKP Arif Rahman Saleh was carried out by the Police.

"Right now the police are focusing on searching," he said when confirmed by VOI, Monday, December 12.