The Cumi Ship Sank After The Karang Collision On Peton Island And Small, 8 Passengers Successfully Evacuated

One squid boat with eight passengers was reported to have sunk after crashing into a coral in the waters east of Petondan Kecil Island (Papatheo)/ANTARA

JAKARTA - A squid boat with eight passengers was reported to have sunk after hitting a coral in the waters east of Petondan Kecil Island (Papatheo), Pulau Harapan Village, North Thousand Islands, Friday morning at around 10.00 WIB. A joint rapid reaction team from the Kelurahan Pulau Harapan, Seribu Islands Civil Service Police Unit, North Thousand Islands Police confirmed that the crew of the ship survived while walking through the location of the sinking of the ship with joint Gulkarmat Sub-dept. personnel. "The ships have all survived, eight people have been evacuated, all of them are at the North Thousand Islands Police Office to check health by the medical team (medical and health/doc)," said Head of the Thousand Islands Civil Service Police Unit Atok Baroni in a statement in Jakarta, Antara, Friday, December 30. Similarly, the Head of Harapan Island, Yusuf, confirmed that someone reported the evacuation of the shipwreck and sank in the waters of Pulau Harapan Village, North Thousand Islands. Based on the information received, there was a sinking ship accident in the east of Papatheo Island, known as Petondan Kecil Island, namely a squid ship from Muara Angke Port, Penjaringan, North Jakarta. The ship will sail with the aim of heading to Harapan Island. Eight people are known to be on the ship with details of one captain and a crew of seven. Officers have not disclosed material losses as a result of this incident. "Alhamdulillah, all the passengers of the squid ship have survived, so far passengers and ships have been evacuated to Harapan Island," he said.